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#208176 - 11/30/12 02:18 AM Re: Lachrymal
RGregory stranger Registered: 11/30/12 Posts: 1 Loc: Iowa, United States	In chemistry, the term for the class of chemicals that includes MACE and tear gas is lachrymator. It is often listed as a hazard for materials that cause tearing and spasms of the eyelids. I got hit with the vapor of phenyl isocyanate once when a safety system failed, and my tears flowed like a river, and my eyes couldn't stay open for more than about a few milliseconds! It was the most unusual experience - I was fine, it was literally just my eyes.
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#208180 - 11/30/12 01:07 PM Re: Lachrymal [Re: RGregory]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5293 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Makes my eyes water just reading that. Welcome. There used to be a beautiful in the old Roman Funeral Liturgy called "Lacrimosa" - also it has disappeared. To be lamented - centuries of beauty disappeared in a single half generation. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#208183 - 11/30/12 10:29 PM Re: Lachrymal [Re: RGregory]
Avy old hand Registered: 06/23/00 Posts: 724	Did your nose run too? Just want to know whether the tears and the runny nose are a package deal or do they come from different sources.
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#208195 - 12/01/12 12:17 PM Re: Lachrymal [Re: Avy]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5293 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Don't know the science of the thing, but wanted to be modest so I omitted the nasal references. Yet you got me, the drip, drip ended up there. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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