Sentences with phrase «why ricin»

Ricin is so potent that ingesting or inhaling just 1 milligram may be fatal, 15 just as eating four to eight castor seeds can lead to death.16 There is no antidote for it; that's why ricin is even used as a chemical warfare agent.
Once poisoned, there's no antidote, which is why ricin has been used as a chemical warfare agent.
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