Talk:Bear spray

Effectiveness
The article states that bear spray has been demonstrated to be effective yet there is no research cited.Dale Matson (talk) 22:50, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

History
The current article states that Mark Matheny, founder of UDAP, claims to have developed the first bear spray in 1992. However, according to Counter Assault's webpage, "In the early 1980s, Dr. Charles Jonkel and Carrie Hunt of the University of Montana Border Grizzly Project generated the scientific data that proved Counter Assault’s proprietary formula and delivery system successfully deterred bears from aggressive encounters in a non-lethal manner," This would imply that Counter Assault began development prior to Matheny's claim. The history should be looked in to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.166.89.169 (talk) 21:58, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

Changing Article Contents
The article as it stands has factual misrepresentations that co-mingles pepper spray with bear spray and misinformation (especially in regards to the research and development of bear spray). Our reviews and edits is based off of our experience monitoring bear sprays from 1985 to present. It includes our review of bear spray educational material for U.S. state, federal, and Canadian provincial wildlife agencies, our personal visit with the EPA in Washington, D.C. at the request of the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Recovery Committee, our review of information with bear management specialists in Northwestern United States and Western Canada. We plan to make a series of verifiable, sourced edits over the next few days to correct these issues with the article. This is an effort to stop the reproduction of misinformation repeatedly spread about bear spray, what it is, and what to expect when deploying bear spray on a charging bear. We would appreciate if an extra bit of time is given to source information and if reversions can be discussed on the Talk page first. Thank you, Be Bear Aware Campaign. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BearFolks (talk • contribs) 19:51, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I have reverted some and moved some around. Wikpedia is not a how to manual.  We don't give step by step instructions on how to use a product.   The legality issues do not belong in the lead.  ~ GB fan 23:16, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

To add to article
To add to this article: the actual ingredients in this product. Are the capsaicin and capsaicinoids made from chile peppers or synthetic? And what are the other 98% of the ingredients? If that basic information isn't included, this article cannot be considered to be anything like encyclopedic. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 19:21, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
This article is the subject of an educational assignment at Montana State University supported by the Wikipedia Ambassador Program&#32;during the 2012 Spring term.

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Bear Spray Effectiveness
An article discusses some of the problems with the previous study on the effectiveness of bear spray, particularly noting that most of the data was for curious and non-aggressive bear encounters, while the very few aggressive encounters that were included (when taken alone) paints a very different conclusion. — al-Shimoni  (talk) 22:02, 10 September 2023 (UTC)