Article: Ricin More Useful as Scare Tactic, Chemical Experts Say.

Article: A primer on ricin.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Experts estimate that 4 tons of ricin, versus only 2 pounds of anthrax ... of about 40 square miles. And ricin is much more difficult to disperse ... 202-383-6064): 20040203 RICIN body (c) 2004, The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Article: A primer on ricin.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  February 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... estimate that 4 tons of ricin, versus only 2 pounds ... about 40 square miles. And ricin is much more difficult ... c) 2004, The Philadelphia Inquirer. Visit Philadelphia Online ... 383-6064): 20040203 RICIN body

Article: Ricin Scare Reveals Limits of Postal Service's ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ...By Steve Goldstein, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business ... would not have detected the ricin that turned up Monday in a ... Washington. Unlike anthrax, ricin is not easily absorbed through ... dispersed as anthrax. But ricin is highly toxic when inhaled ...

Article: Ricin
Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security;      700+ words ...Ricin █ JULI BERWALD Ricin is a highly toxic protein that is derived from the bean of the castor ... inactivating ribosomes, which are responsible for protein synthesis. Ricin can be produced in liquid, crystal or powdered forms, and it can ...

Article: Ricin mailed to White House
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Ricin mailed to White House FBI investigating al ... investigators hunted for the source of the ricin that was found in a Senate leader's mailroom ... investigating whether a string of incidents in which ricin was discovered in the United States and abroad ...

Article: Ricin Investigation Still Wide Open
The Washington Post;  April 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... mail in hopes of finding the source of the ricin that was discovered Feb. 2 on Capitol ... Authorities are uncertain how traces of ricin wound up in a letter- opening machine ... made it difficult to pin down whether the ricin had been there for hours, weeks or even ...

Article: RICIN: WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS?: ONE GRAM CAN KILL 36,000; ...
The Mirror (London, England);  January 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: STEPHEN WHITE RICIN is more potent than cyanide or cobra venom ... failure. There is no known antidote for ricin which is 500 times stronger than cobra ... Terrorism expert Mike Yardley said: "Ricin is one of the most powerful poisons known ...