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Ricin: The stuff that kills!!

Ricin: The stuff that kills!!. By: Esteban Mariah (The HOE) De Paz Williams Rumgay. What is this bean?!?. The seed contains ricin, a toxin, which is also present in lower concentrations throughout the plant. How it can kill you!! =(.

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Ricin: The stuff that kills!!

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  1. Ricin: The stuff that kills!! By: Esteban Mariah (The HOE) De Paz Williams Rumgay

  2. What is this bean?!? • The seed contains ricin, a toxin, which is also present in lower concentrations throughout the plant

  3. How it can kill you!! =( • Ricin works by getting inside the cells of a person’s body and preventing the cells from making the proteins they need. Without the proteins, cells die. Eventually this is harmful to the whole body, and death may occur

  4. How you know your gonna die • Skin and eye exposure: Contact with ricin powders or products may cause redness and pain of the skin and the eyes. • Death from ricin poisoning could take place within 36 to 72 hours of exposure, depending on the route of exposure (inhalation, ingestion, or injection) and the dose received

  5. How not to die • First, get fresh air by leaving the area where the ricin was released. • If the ricin release was outside, move away from the area where the ricin was released. • If the ricin release was indoors, get out of the building.

  6. References • http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/facts.asp • http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/ • http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/ricin/index.html • http://www.newsweek.com/2008/03/05/understanding-ricin.html

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