Q&A: Rubber bullets and tear gas: What ophthalmologists should know

Reports of police using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters are becoming more commonplace throughout the country after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Linda Tirado, a freelance photographer covering the Minneapolis protests, was shot in the eye, and Philadelphia police officers have used both options against protestors.
But how much damage can the nonlethal options cause to the eye? Healio/OSN discussed the methods and their potential for ocular damage with Ann P. Murchison, MD, MPH, director of the Wills Eye Hospital Emergency Department in Philadelphia.
Q: What damage

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