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Hong Kong Lives with Tear Gas, Worries About Its Effects

Associated Press

   HONG KONG - By day, the small commercial kitchen in a Hong Kong
   industrial building produces snacks. At night, it turns into a secret
   laboratory assembling a kit for pro-democracy protesters seeking to
   detox after repeated exposure to tear gas.

   Volunteers seated around a kitchen island sort and pack multicolored
   pills into small resealable bags. At another table, a woman makes
   turmeric pills by dipping gelatin capsules into a shallow dish of the
   deep orange spice.

   "Police have used so much tear gas and people are suffering," said the
   owner of the kitchen, speaking on condition of anonymity because she
   fears repercussions for her business. "We want to especially help
   frontline protesters, who have put their lives on the line for the
   city."

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