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To: GST who wrote (158120)	6/26/2003 3:30:47 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Respond to of 164684

Seems you could use some castor oil, yourself. You're obviously quite full of crap and in dire need of something to help you... um... work out your troubles.

To: GST who wrote (158120)	6/26/2003 4:17:15 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

GST, even though the castor beans were only a small part of what was found, and hardly the most significant in spite of your ridiculous choice to focus on them, I thought you might not want to remain completely ignorant of their value to those interested in producing bio-weapons: OVERVIEW Ricin is a potent protein toxin derived from the beans of the castor plant (Ricinus communis). Castor beans are ubiquitous worldwide, and the toxin is fairly easily produced. Ricin is therefore a potentially widely available toxin. When inhaled as a small particle aerosol, this toxin may produce pathologic changes within 8 hours and severe respiratory symptoms followed by acute hypoxic respiratory failure in 36-72 hours. When ingested, ricin causes severe gastrointestinal symptoms followed by vascular collapse and death. This toxin may also cause disseminated intravascular coagulation, microcirculatory failure and multiple organ failure if given intravenously in laboratory animals. HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE Ricin’s significance as a potential biological warfare toxin relates in part to its wide availability. Worldwide, one million tons of castor beans are processed annually in the production of castor oil; the waste mash from this process is five percent ricin by weight. The toxin is also quite stable and extremely toxic by several routes of exposure, including the respiratory route. Ricin is said to have been used in the assassination of Bulgarian exile Georgi Markov in London in 1978. Markov was attacked with a specially engineered weapon disguised as an umbrella which implanted a ricin-containing pellet into his body. nbc-med.org