What You Need to Know About How Tear Gas Harms Kids
Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate Daily Digest June 10, 2026 · What You Need to Know About How Tear Gas Harms Kids Dozens of kids — many of them far from protest sites — have been harmed by tear gas and pepper spray deployed by federal immigration officers. Here is what you need to know about why these chemicals pose a particular health risk to children. Read story Summer Member Drive: Join Us ProPublica exists because readers like you choose to fund it. Your donation ensures that the truth gets out, no matter who it challenges. Help keep investigative journalism strong, independent and accountable only to the truth. Donate to ProPublica More From Our Newsroom He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him. An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr. A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspecti...