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Axel Rudakubana, 18, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court by video link on Wednesday charged with production of a biological toxin called ricin What is ricin? Poison which Southport ...
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.
"Ricin is not infectious between people and the risk to the wider public based on the information available has always been low," Renu Bindra from the UK Health Security Agency (HSA) told reporters.
On April 16, 2013, an envelope that 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 Senator Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi. [38] The next day, an envelope addressed to President Obama was tested positive for ricin. [39]
The Wood Green ricin plot was an alleged bioterrorism plot to attack the London Underground with ricin poison. The Metropolitan Police Service arrested six suspects on 5 January 2003, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] with one more arrested two days later.
Later that day, Dutschke was charged with attempted use of a biological weapon. [15] On June 3, 2013, Dutschke was indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts. [ 16 ] He was indicted for producing and using the deadly toxin as a weapon, and using the mail to threaten President Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Lee County Judge ...
Is the density of ricin so low that a pinhead-sized amount (I assume on the order of 10^-9 m^3) weighs only 0.5 mg? Or does this refer to a different delivery mechanism than injection or inhalation? "Ricin is 6 billion times more toxic than cyanide and 12 billion times more poisonous than rattlesnake venom by weight." This seems very unlikely.
Tea is to England what beer and hot dogs are to America.But as ingrained as tea is in the fabric of British culture, it takes a history lesson to explain how the drink actually became so popular.