Talk:Acid attack

"80% of acid attacks are on women" - Acid Survivors Trust International

So according to the page, Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTi) claims that "80% of acid attacks are on women". I looked into this source [74] and the page no longer exists. Using archive.is, I found a 2014 snapshot of the page (you can find it here: https://archive.is/EXRkM). It's a Reuters article which states:

   "Around 1,500 acid attacks are reported globally each year, 80 percent of them on women, according to the London-based charity Acid Survivors Trust International, which says this is a gross under-estimate of the real total as most victims are scared to speak out."

On the ASTi website, I found a page called "A worldwide problem" (https://www.asti.org.uk/a-worldwide-problem.html). On the page, it claims the same statistics as those given in the Reuters article. However, there is no source that substantiates these claims.

In the Wikipedia article immediately before this statement, there is a statement that states:

   "A 2007 literature review analyzed 24 studies in 13 countries over the past 40 years, covering 771 cases."

The source for this [15] can be read here: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.691.9443&rep=rep1&type=pdf. On the source document, it states "Apart from Bangladesh and Taiwan, a male predominance was reported among victims of chemical assault." Additionally, the paragraph following in the Wikipedia article references source [75], which is actually a duplicate of Reference [15].

The way this section reads is that the 2007 review looked at cases and that the ASTi supports that review, which finds that 80% of attacks are on women (which is untrue according to the review). This section should at minimum be re-organized to keep coherent sources together. A sample would be as follows:

   A 2007 literature review analyzed 24 studies in 13 countries over the past 40 years, covering 771 cases.[15] In Bangladesh, throwing acid has been labeled as a "gender crime", as there is a dominance of female victims who are assaulted by males, for the reason of refusing to marry, or refusing sexual advances.[15] In Jamaica, women throwing acid on other women in relation to fights over male partners is a common cause.[15] In the UK, the majority of victims are men, and many of these attacks are related to gang violence.[24]

   According to the London-based charity Acid Survivors Trust International, 80% of acid attacks are on women, and acid assaults are grossly under-estimated. In some regions, assaults perpetrated on female victims by males are often driven by the mentality "If I can't have you, no one shall."[74]

If we were to be more strenuous with our data, should we even include the last statement? As per Wikipedia, "Many Wikipedia articles rely on scholarly material. When available, academic and peer-reviewed publications, scholarly monographs, and textbooks are usually the most reliable sources." The following section in the page discusses news organizations and states that news reporting is "generally considered to be reliable statements of fact (though even the most reputable reporting sometimes contains errors)." The included peer-reviewed published data conflicts which the claim from the Reuters article. This claim originates from a news article, which originates from an organization, which displays zero sources for this information. Should this line even be included? --Colonialdagger (talk) 18:00, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Andreas Christopheros

Andreas Christopheros was featured in an episode of Car SOS. He was also a victim of an acid attack. Later it turned out that the attacker (David Phillips) targetted the wrong man. He was supposed to target the person who assaulted a relative.

Another article: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/14489565/acid-attack-revenge-mistaken-identity-andreas-christopheros/

https://news.sky.com/story/acid-victim-sickened-as-attacker-moves-to-open-prison-less-than-six-years-later-12072895 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.143.189.241 (talk) 14:00, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Treatment and consequences: neutralising with water?

In the paragraph "Treatment and consequences" it is written that water will neutralise the acid. This is utterly incorrect: water will dilute the acid. If the dilution is carried out long enough, then the solution will tend to the neutrality of the water itself, but still this isn't neutralising at all. The only way to neutralise an acid is to react it with a base. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.84.34.104 (talk) 12:42, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

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