Ricin is very poison which and found within a castor of beans, which are found naturally. Ricin is usually made by processing the left over castor beans. It ends up being in the form of powder, but can also be a mist, pellets, or can even be dissolved in water. If castor beans are ingested by chewing or swallowing them, the ricin will be released and cause injury. This substance is a very stable substance under average condition, but ricin can be inactivated when the conditions react a temperature of over 80 degrees centigrade. The effects of ricin vary, especially by how it is used. There are three ways of obtaining ricin, inhale the substance, ingest it, or injected it. With all three ways, ricin starts effecting our bodies within,
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This is true because ricin is not contagious, and is unable to spread from normal skin to skin contact. Ricin is not known for being passed easily from person to person, so it is considered a category B agent. Especially when it can’t harm you until it gets into your system. So inhaling ricin from the public air is very unlikely to happen. Yet, once into your system, ricin does it’s work once it gets into the cells of the body. Once into the cells, it prevents the cells from making any proteins necessary. This effects the cells within the body because without proteins within the cells, they will die. With the process continuing, it will be harmful to the whole body and may cause death.
Back in 1940, the U.S. military did some experiments with using ricin as a possible agent in warfare. According to emergency.cdc.gov, some say that the U.S. used ricin in Iraq. Another incident with ricin was back in 1970s, when a journalist was attached in London, a man injected a ricin pellet into his system. In the past, there has been threats from other countries to use biological attacks, but it is more likely for them to use other methods such as firearms and
This is true because ricin is not contagious, and is unable to spread from normal skin to skin contact. Ricin is not known for being passed easily from person to person, so it is considered a category B agent. Especially when it can’t harm you until it gets into your system. So inhaling ricin from the public air is very unlikely to happen. Yet, once into your system, ricin does it’s work once it gets into the cells of the body. Once into the cells, it prevents the cells from making any proteins necessary. This effects the cells within the body because without proteins within the cells, they will die. With the process continuing, it will be harmful to the whole body and may cause death.
Back in 1940, the U.S. military did some experiments with using ricin as a possible agent in warfare. According to emergency.cdc.gov, some say that the U.S. used ricin in Iraq. Another incident with ricin was back in 1970s, when a journalist was attached in London, a man injected a ricin pellet into his system. In the past, there has been threats from other countries to use biological attacks, but it is more likely for them to use other methods such as firearms and