Acid attack (disambiguation)
- Acid attack (disambiguation)
Acid attack may refer to:
*Acid throwing (sometimes called vitriolage) is a form of violent assault where perpetrators throw acid at their victims (usually at their faces), burning them, causing skin tissue to melt, often exposing bones below the flesh and sometimes even dissolving the bones.[Cite book | author=Karmakar, R.N. | title=Forensic Medicine and Toxicology | date=2003 | publisher=Academic Publishers | isbn=8187504692 ] ][Citation]
last = Swanson
first = Jordan
date = Spring 2002
year = 2002
title = Acid attacks: Bangladesh’s efforts to stop the violence.
periodical = Harvard Health Policy Review
issue = Spring 2002
pages = 3
number = 1
volume = 3
url = http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~epihc/currentissue/spring2002/swanson.php
accessdate =2008-06-18] The consequences of these attacks include permanent scarring of the face, body and blindness.[ Bandyopadhyay, Mridula and Mahmuda Rahman Khan, 'Loss of face: violence against women in South Asia' in Lenore Manderson, Linda Rae Bennett (eds) "Violence Against Women in Asian Societies" (Routledge, 2003), ISBN 9780700717412] ][cite web | title = CNN.com - Bangladesh combats an acid onslaught against women - November 11, 2000| url =http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/south/11/11/bangladesh.acid.ap/index.html| accessdate =2008-03-13] ][Cite book | author=Bahl, Taru & M.H. Syed | title=Encyclopaedia of the Muslim World | date=2004 | publisher=Anmol Publications PVT. LTD | isbn=9788126114191 ] ]
*Acid erosion to teeth that is caused by to bacterial acid is described as an "acid attack" in dental literature (see also Tooth decay). [Holloway, P.J. (1983). The role of sugar in the etiology of dental caries. Journal of Dentistry, 11, 189-213.]
*The harmful effects of acidic soils to aquatic ecosystems & concrete infrastructures are sometimes referred to as "acid attacks".[Cite book | author=Sammut, Jesmond | coauthors=Lines-Kelly, Rebecca | title=An introduction to acid sulfate soils | date=2000 | publisher=Environment Australia] | location= [Canberra | isbn=0-7347-1208-1]
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