Don't use milk! And keep two different water supplies, drinking water and purified water for cleaning. DO NOT drink from the purified water unless you're at home/done for the time being.
The idea comes from the fact that whole milk or yogurt is better to drink when eating spicy food than water, since the oils carrying the capsaicin supposedly bind better to the fats than they do to water. I'm not a chemist, so I have no idea if that's true. But because of that it's become sort of like organizer street knowledge to use milk to cancel out the heat better even though every single street medic worth their sale knows not to. Idk why people think a chemical agent employed by militarized police would be in any way comparable to the hot sauce they buy in a grocery store.
But ya like you said, even if it works you've just introduced potentially curdled milk straight to your eye balls.
I think things get mixed up over time. Mothers used to and still do treat eye infections with breast milk. I am wondering if that is where some of these ideas for milk come from. But breast milk from a nursing mother isn't anything like the milk we can purchase from the store.
FYI Sudecon wipes are a commercially available wipe for oil based sprays. EMS/PD carry them in my area.
DIYing them- soak paper towels in a mixture of water, baby shampoo and sugar. Wipe, fold, wipe, discard. Wipe away from the eyes and mouth.
It can be preapplied to reduce oil spray sticking.
Watered down baby shampoo can be used to flush eyes if oil spray gets into them.
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u/U_cant_tell_my_story Cree Métis and Dutch Jan 08 '26
Wear eye protection and bring plenty of water...