Is Benzel Chloride a Tear Gas?

"It was really hard to get insurance. What are you insured against? Liability," he says. "There's no, if I buy some chemical that's kind of sketchy, there's no individual chemical companies that don't want to sell it." He makes something called Benzel Chloride, which used to be used as a tear gas in the World Wars. It just irritates your eyes for an hour or two and is like very mild onions. The most sketchy period in time was when I did everything at my parents' house.