poisons
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Suspicious Packages Mailed To Pentagon Contained Only Castor Beans, Not Refined Ricin
Suspicious packages sent to defence officials and originally flagged as containing ricin, an extremely potent poison found in castor beans and that has no known antidote, have been confirmed to only contain the beans themselves rather than the toxin in a purer form.
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Google Wants To Help Stop Poisonings And Suicide
10 years ago, if somebody accidentally swallowed poison you’d probably run to that oversized paperweight known as the Yellow Pages to find out who to call. These days, you’d just Google it, which is why Google have added a special search result with a big red phone and thenumber for the poisons hotline if you…