PAVA spray is an incapacitant spray similar to pepper spray, dispensed from a handheld canister as a liquid stream. It contains a 0.3 percent solution of pelargonic acid vanillylamide, also called nonivamide, a synthetic capsaicinoid, in a solvent of aqueous ethanol with nitrogen as the propellant. This concentration was chosen as the minimum needed to reduce capacity for resistance without unnecessarily prolonging discomfort. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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is an incapacitant spray similar to pepper spray, dispensed from a handheld canister as a liquid stream
Wikidata: PAVA spray
Wikidata Q7118290, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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