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 | | Ingested Ricin is expected to cause internal bleeding, death of vital organs and death of the individual. | | | Ingestion of ricin would treated by emptying the stomach and intestines of their contents and replacing lost fluid. | | | Quarantine of affected individuals would be of no value. |
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http://cmgm.stanford.edu/WWW/medical/biowaragents/ricin.html
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| | eMedicine - CBRNE - Ricin : Article by Ferdinando L Mirarchi, DO |
| | Although antibiotics serve no role in the treatment of ricin, withholding such therapy in an acutely septic-appearing patient would be difficult. | | | Obtain a chest x-ray, which may show infiltrates. | | | Direct the choice of antibiotic to cover skin flora. |
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| | CNS - Ricin Found in London: An al-Qa`ida Connection? |
| | Furthermore, the techniques for manufacturing ricin are reasonably well known, and have often been described in the open literature. | | | Before addressing these complex and controversial matters, however, some basic information about ricin will be provided. | | | Victims of ricin poisoning may experience varying symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, headache, and shock that can lead to death. |
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http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/ricin.htm
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| | Ricin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Ricin may have therapeutic use in the treatment of cancer. | | | Ricin denatures (ie, the protein changes structure and becomes less dangerous) much more readily than anthrax spores, which may remain lethal for decades. | | | Modern feed-making techniques break down the ricin in castor beans by heating at 140 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes, although some studies suggest that residual toxic effects may linger. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricin
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| | Ricin and Terrorism |
| | the vesicles may fuse to lysosomes where the ricin would be destroyed. | | | Breathing dust that contains ricin causes cough, weakness, fever, nausea, muscle aches, difficult breathing, chest pain, and cyanosis (blue skin). | | | As shown in the diagram, the pathway for internalization of ricin involves: |
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http://www.ehso.com/ricin.php
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| | CDC Facts About Ricin |
| | Eventually this is harmful to the whole body, and death may occur. | | | Ricin has some potential medical uses, such as bone marrow transplants and cancer treatment (to kill cancer cells). | | | Inhalation: Within a few hours of inhaling significant amounts of ricin, the likely symptoms would be respiratory distress (difficulty breathing), fever, cough, nausea, and tightness in the chest. |
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http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/facts.asp
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| | Terrorism - Ricin |
| | Airborne and inhaled, ricin becomes exponentially more dangerous than if simply touching the skin. | | | Ricin was also studied in the 1950s for use in fighting cancer. | | | Paul Erlich worked with the lectins ricin and abrin in the 1890s, forming the basis for the study of immunology. |
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http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/ricin-factsheet.cfm
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| | Ricin, a poison derived from the castor bean, is easy for practically anybody to make, and it is so deadly—there is no cure—that even a tiny amount may be sufficient to kill. | | | Domestic U.S. extremist groups have also been fascinated with ricin, to a much greater degree than any other chemical or biological agent (see Beyond Anthrax for more information on domestic extremists and chemical and biological agents). | | | Instructions on how to make ricin have also been found in Al Qaeda terrorist training manuals. |
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http://www.adl.org/Learn/news/ricin_threat.asp
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| | CNN.com - Early tests show deadly ricin in Senate mailroom - Feb. 2, 2004 |
| | Authorities stressed the ricin results were preliminary and that field tests often prove unreliable. | | | They also pointed out that though ricin is an effective weapon against a single person, it is difficult to use against large numbers of people at once. | | | If inhaled, ricin can cause death in 36 to 48 hours from failure of the respiratory and circulatory systems. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/02/senate.hazardous
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| | Of course the degree of poisoning depends upon the amount ingested and the age and general health of the individual. | | | lthough it is a very potent poison, ricin has been shown to possess antitumor qualities and has been used in cancer research and chemotherapy during recent years. | | | Robertus, J.D. "The Structure and Action of Ricin, A Cytotoxic N-glycosidase." Seminar in Cell Biology 2: 23-30. |
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http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plmar99.htm
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| | CDC Ricin Emergency Preparedness & Response |
| | Brief outline of how lab testing is done on environmental and clinical samples that may contain ricin. | | | Overview of ricin, including signs, symptoms, and treatment. | | | Information for clinicians and public health officials on recognition, management, and disposition of patients; and identification of epidemiologic clues possibly associated with a covert ricin release. |
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http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/index.asp
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| | Ricin |
| | Supportive Tests: Patients with aerosol exposure to ricin may have bilateral infiltrates on chest x-ray, arterial hypoxemia, and neutrophilic leukocytosis. | | | Ricin is the subject of much current research; a search of Medline on "ricin" produced 2,240 references since 1965. | | | Endo, Y., Mechanism of action of ricin and related toxins on the inactivation of eukaryotic ribosomes, Cancer Treat. |
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http://www.aret.asso.fr/artoxinmts3.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Health Q&A: What is ricin? |
| | Ricin is being studied to see if it could form the basis of cancer treatments because it can kill cells easily. | | | Links to more Health stories are at the foot of the page. | | | Ricin is a toxic material which can be fatal when inhaled, ingested or - most dangerously - injected. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2636105.stm
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| | SEB would be different in that most patients would not progress to a life-threatening syndrome but would tend to plateau clinically. | | | Specific ELISA testing on serum or immunohistochemical techniques for direct tissue analysis may be used where available to confirm the diagnosis. | | | Ricin is an extremely immunogenic toxin, and acute as well as convalescent sera should be obtained from survivors for measurement of antibody response. |
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http://www.health.state.ri.us/environment/biot/ricin_nbc.php
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| | Guardian Unlimited The Guardian What is ricin? |
| | The effects of exposure to ricin may be delayed for some hours after exposure and patients who develop a fever should consult their own doctors. | | | There must be some relief that the find was not a possibly deadlier form of potential biological weapon that used smallpox, or anthrax. | | | The poison inhibits protein synthesis and has widespread toxic effects on the body which include damage to most organ systems and a combination of pulmonary, liver, renal and immunological failure which may lead to death. |
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| | Ricin is a glycoprotein toxin (66,000 daltons) from the seed of the castor plant. | | | Treatment with tetracycline during the incubation period will delay but not prevent the onset of illness. | | | Ricin's significance as a potential biological warfare agent relates to its availability world wi de, its ease of production, and extreme pulmonary toxicity when inhaled. |
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| | BBC NEWS UK Terror police find deadly poison |
| | A Department of Health spokeswoman said all GPs and doctors had been told to look out for possible cases of ricin exposure. | | | Police have not ruled out the possibility that some ricin may already have been distributed, although they believe it is highly unlikely. | | | Defence minister Geoff Hoon described the discovery of ricin as a "disturbing development". |
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| | Stillwell - 2004, February 09 |
| | In some ways, their blasé approach is warranted. | | | Because one of the men worked at a food preparation company and had been in contact with individuals who worked on at least one British base, authorities suspected that the ricin was intended to poison the food supply of a British military base. | | | But ruling out a foreign connection at this time would be unwise, especially considering the information at our fingertips: |
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| | Fake Terror - Ricin Ring That Never Was |
| | But these were high sensitivity field detectors, for use where a false negative result could be fatal. | | | The weakness of Timperley's case was that neither he nor the intelligence services had examined any other documents that could have been the source. | | | A few days later in the lab, Dr Martin Pearce, head of the Biological Weapons Identification Group, found that there was no ricin. |
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http://www.rense.com/general64/ricin.htm
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| | FBI Issues Bulletin About Deadly Ricin Poison... |
| | I've only been saying that Ricin is a possible danger for oh... | | | Now the Feebers are saying that Ricin could be a problem. | | | The FBI said ricin it should only be handled by trained hazardous materials professionals. |
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| | Safety and Health Topics: Ricin |
| | Contact the OSHA Directorate of Science, Technology and Medicine at 202-693-2300 for assistance accessing DocType materials. | | | Ricin is a toxin that can be made from the waste left over from processing castor beans. | | | If injected, as little as 500 micrograms of ricin could be enough to kill an adult; some animal research indicates that similar amounts could be lethal, if inhaled. |
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| | Protecting People From A Terrifying Toxin: Vaccine Stimulates Immune Response Against Ricin | | | Agents said they believe Alberg was making the ricin in his apartment but won't disclose how much was found. | | | Agents who searched his home found a cardboard box of chemicals, including three vials that tested positive for ricin. |
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| | Ricin RCA60 antibodies from RDI Divison of Fitzgerald Industries Intl |
| | Although the amount of sodium azide is very small appropriate care must be taken when handling this product. | | | Please inquire for other applications or types of antibodies not listed below. | | | for more information on Ricin see the CDC web site |
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| | Less than a pinch--image a pinch of salt--less than a pinch of ricin, eating just this amount in your food, would cause shock followed by circulatory failure. | | | The network is teaching its operatives how to produce ricin and other poisons. | | | And this camp is located in northeastern Iraq. |
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