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Effective January 1, 2004, California bill AB846 bans smoking within 20 feet (6.1 m) of the entrance or operable window of a public building ("public building" means a building owned and occupied, or leased and occupied, by the state, a county, a city, a city and county, or a California Community College district.)
Ricin (/ ˈ r aɪ s ɪ n / RY-sin) is a lectin (a carbohydrate-binding protein) and a highly potent toxin produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis.The median lethal dose (LD 50) of ricin for mice is around 22 micrograms per kilogram of body weight via intraperitoneal injection.
An American anti-government group headquartered in Minneapolis known as the Minnesota Patriot's Council mail-ordered castor beans and managed to extract about 0.7 grams of 5% ricin, despite having no specific expertise in biological warfare. [17] [18] The group planned to use the ricin to assassinate a deputy U.S. marshal and a local sheriff. [18]
A Marine Corps veteran who authorities said tried to fake his own death after a falling out with a Virginia-based militia group pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegal possession of ricin, a ...
Federal employee pleads guilty to ricin possession, the US far-right roiled by Telegram founder's arrest and Trump boosts QAnon: The week in extremism
A woman was sentenced to about 22 years in prison on Thursday for sending threatening letters, containing homemade ricin, in September 2020, to then-President Donald Trump at the White House, the ...
April 2013 ricin letters: Ricin: 0 0 Washington, D.C., United States: An envelope that preliminarily tested positive for ricin was intercepted at the US Capitol's off-site mail facility in Washington, D.C. According to reports, the envelope was addressed to the office of Mississippi Republican Senator Roger Wicker. James Everett Dutschke [8] [9]
Nearly 1 million illegal marijuana plants were eradicated over the course of the most recent CAMP enforcement action. California AG Rob Bonta announces new year-round campaign to crack down on ...