The ghastly bombings in Boston followed by envelopes laced with the lethal poison ricin that were sent to the U.S Capitol and the White House, renew fears about our vulnerability to these kinds of terrorist acts. It invites unwelcome memories of 9-11.It's not hard to produce ricin. "The technology for making it is low enough that literally any crank working in his basement can create a ricin preparation of some sort," Jonathan Tucker, a biological weapons expert with the Center for NonproliferationThe ghastly bombings in Boston followed by envelopes laced with the lethal poison ricin that were sent to the U.S Capitol and the White House, renew fears about our vulnerability to these kinds of terrorist acts. It invites unwelcome memories of 9-11.Two methods of weaponizing ricin were explored: bullets and shrapnel coated with ricin toxins or a 'dust cloud' of toxin toxins inhaled into the lungs. The thermal sensitivity of ricin to heat posed a problem as the firing of bulletsTwo methods of weaponizing ricin were explored: bullets and shrapnel coated with ricin toxins or a 'dust cloud' of toxin toxins inhaled into the lungs. The thermal sensitivity of ricin to heat posed a problem as the firing of bullets
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