Scientists Perfecting the First-Ever Nontoxic Chili Grenade

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Chili peppers are rated on the Scoville scale, which measures their hotness or piquancy. The jalapeno is rated between 2,500 and 8,000 units, which is why it’s capable of easily stinging an unseasoned chili eater’s mouth. On the other hand, India’s bhut jolokia pepper—found primarily in India’s northeastern states— is rated at a whopping 1,040,000 Scoville units, making it the spiciest chili on Earth. (Guinness World Records, 2007)
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Bhut jolokia, also known as ‘ghost chili,’ is in fact so spicy that scientists in India have decided to use it to craft the first-ever, nontoxic chili pepper grenade.

R.B. Srivastava, the director of the Life Sciences Department at the New Delhi headquarters of the DRDO (Defense Research and Development Organization) explained the thought-process behind the invention to the Associated Press: “This is definitely going to be an effective non-toxic weapon because its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hide-outs.”
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2010/04/01/scientists-perfecting-firstever-nontoxic-chili-grenade/

I wonder if they have thought out all of the possible problems with this?

[Poll_Blind]

1. How do I brace for the inevitable footage of seeing American police using...

...this to disperse large crowds? Are the Indians working on something to prepare me to see how an infant behaves after it and its mother are sprayed with this?

I'm sure it's safe for kids, right- they said non-toxic, didn't they? So a million scoville units is really no worse for you than a crayon, right?

Sorry, back during Bush I saw footage of a a peaceful protest in Portland which was literally hosed down with mace and a lady holding an infant (and her infant) got doused. That's all I'm going to say about that.

PB

[eridani]

2. My DH complains that I serve these to him far too often n/t

[HopeHoops]

3. I dropped a "chili grenade" in an elevator once. I'm not sure I'd call it "non-toxic".

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