It depends on the concentration of dosage; Emergency-dot-CDC-dot-Gove - /agent/chlorine/basics/facts.asp. For the most part, even low dosages can cause lang-term health problems & lead to serious bouts of pneumonia & the like, which CAN lead to death. For the purposes of non-lethal crowd control where women & children may be exposed, I would say that it's NOT a good method, especially when there are much safer, non-lethal ways have been develped & are aready in use.