Pepper spray is called that because it contains capsaicin, the chemical that makes chili peppers taste spicy. If you’ve ever rubbed your eyes after chopping jalapeños, you get the idea.

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Pepper spray contains much higher concentrations of capsaicin than chili peppers. Capsicum oil also forms the basis of bear spray, an aerosol designed to protect humans who encounter a bear.

Pepper spray is a chemical irritant that contains the same agent that provides "heat” in chili peppers: oleoresin capsicum, says Robert Glatter, M.D., Men's Health Advisor and emergency ...

Pepper spray's most active ingredient, capsaicin , is a derivative of chilis , ... Michigan restricts pepper-spray grades to less than 10 percent of capsaicin .

In comparison, standard U.S. grade pepper spray, ranged from 2 million Scoville units for the kind that civilians are able to buy legally and 5.3 million units for the sort of spray used on the U ...

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Bear spray, a chemical irritant far more potent than pepper spray, ... regulate the sale of capsaicin-based sprays, permitting it to be sold only in small quantities. Matt Rothamel, ...

Pepper spray can be bought from a variety of retailers. It is described as a non-lethal self-defense tool that contains a chemical called capsaicin.

Cocaine combined with capsaicin, an active ingredient in pepper spray, can be deadly, if research in mice is any indication. In the early 1990s, anecdotes of people dying after being doused with ...