Poisonous Letter to Barrack Obama
On april 17, 2013, it was noticed that some anonymous person sent a suspicious poison-laced letters to Mr. Obama, two days after the Boston bombings. Later, it was discovered that letters were tainted with deadly ricin poison. It is worth mentioning that copy of same ricin-laced letter also sent to senator Roger Wicker.
These letters were intercepted by White house mail faculty. The White House Secret Security Service revealed that the letter was from same sender, who mailed poisonous letter to Republican senator Roger Wicker, one day before the incident. It is believed that there might be link between Boston attacks and these letters.
The contents of a letter read as:
and signed as:
On may 30, 2013, after a month and a half, the same ricin-laced letters were again intercepted by Mail Screening Faculty (MSF) at White House and the copies of same letters were received by Repulican Senator of New York City, Michael Bloomberg. Mr. Bloomberg is Mayor as well as a Billionaire who supports National Movement against illegal Guns Control. As per the latest reports, an Actress named Shannon Richardson from Texas was arrested on June 9, 2013 for allegedly sending ricin-tainted letters to Prez Obama and NYC Mayor Bloomberg. Have a look at this video for more:
Now, question arises is what is Ricin, and from where it is obtained. Have a read:
Study of Castor Oil plant
Castor oil is obtained from pressing castor beans (the seeds of a plant which has the botanical nameRicinus communis of the family Eurphorbiacae. The oil is a pale yellow, viscous, non-volatile and non-drying with a bland taste, obtained either by one or a combination of mechanical pressing or solvent extraction. It finds uses as a purgative, a plastic and textile finishing material, in paints and varnishes, a feedstock to the transesterification process for the production of biodiesel, as well as in the beauty industry as a cosmetic and hair oil. Castor oil has an advantage over other mineral oils in that it is a biodegradable, eco-friendly and renewable resource. It is found mainly in the southeastern Mediterranean Basin, Eastern Africa, and India etc.
Castor oil (ricinus oil, phorboyl, tangantangan oil) is a natural oil derived from the seeds of the castor bean by cold pressing (for medicinal use) or hot pressing (for industrial purposes). Chemically, castor oil is a triglyceride characterized by a high content of ricinolein (a glyceride of 12-hydroxy-9-octadecenoic acid). It has the approximate fatty acid composition of ricinoleic acid (87%), oleic acid (7%), linoleic acid (3%), palmitic acid (2%), stearic acid (1%), with trace amounts of dihydroxystearic acid (Windholz, 1976).
Castor seed is the source of castor oil, with wide variety of uses. It is flowering plant. The castor seeds is a castor bean, not actually a bean, contains 40% to 60% oil that is rich in triglycerides, mainly ricinolein. The seed contains ricin, a toxin, which is also present in lower concentrations throughout the plant. So, we can say somehow whole of a plant is carrying poisonous content.
What is Ricin
Ricin sometimes known as raisin is protein found in Castor oil plant. It is a highly toxic, naturally occurring carbohydrate-binding protein of the type known as lectins. It is comprised largely of triglycerides with a high ricinolin content. In an experiment for the Toxicity studies, exposure to castor oil at dietary concentrations as high as 10% in 13-week studies did not affect survival or body weight gains of rats or mice (10 per sex and dose). Liver weights were increased in male rats receiving the 10% dietary concentration and in male and female mice receiving diets containing 5% or 10% castor oil.
Accordong to US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Ricin, if inhaled, eaten, or injected, is so powerful poison that even a lethal dose in humans of about the size of a grain of salt (500 micrograms injected or inhaled) can lead to a death. It is a water soluble but cannot be absorbed through the skin, so simply touching ricin or getting ricin powder in your eyes will not cause poisoning.
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