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RICIN is a highly toxic substance derived from castor beans, 500 micrograms (size of the head of a pin) of it can kill an adult. via .at.CNN

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Obama Sent Poison Letter
United States authorities on Wednesday
intercepted a letter to the White House that
tested positive for ricin poison.
The US Secret Service said in a public
statement that it has acknowledged the letter
addressed to President Barrack Obama and it
contained ricin, a deadly suspicious
substance.
Earlier on Tuesday, United States lawmakers
revealed that a letter addressed to Senator
Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) had tested positive for
the poison.
The Secret Service said the letter was sent to
Obama on April 16 and was discovered at a
remove White House mail screening facility.
"This facility routinely identifies letters or
parcels that require secondary screening or
scientific testing before delivery," the Secret
Service said in a statement. The Secret Service
White House mail screening facility is a
remote facility, not located near the White
House complex, that all White House mail goes
through."
The agency said it is working closely with the
U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI in the
investigation.
Foxnews reported that the letters to Obama
and Wicker contained similar language and
are signed identically.
News of the letters comes just days after two
bombs exploded at the finish line of the
Boston Marathon in a terrorist attack that
killed three people and injured more than
170.
Although, government officials have not
linked the two events, security has been
tightened since the attacks, with visitors
asked to take off their shoes before entering
some Senate and House office buildings.
Capitol Police issued a message to Senate
offices that they were resonding to a
suspicious envelope on the third floor of the
Russell Senate Office Building. The message
directed staff and other personnel to avoid
that area until further notice.
An identical message was sent about a
suspicous envelope in the Hart Senate Office
Building.
Of the letter sent to Wicker, Senate Sergeant at
Arms Terrance W. Gainer said: “The letter was
not outwardly suspicious, which is usually a
clue.
“But we want Senate State office employees
to beware of what we know, but they must
be careful with all mail they open, follow the
procedures with which they have been
skilled,” he said.
Gainer said previously that the Senate's offsite
mail facility has been closed as Capitol Police
and the FBI investigated. Sen. Claire McCaskill
(D-Mo.) said Capitol Police have a suspect, who
has been known to write letters to members
of Congress.
However, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-Nev.) said he was aware only of the letter
to Wicker.
“All we know now is just one,” Reid said,
speaking to reporters after an intelligence
briefing at the Capitol.
In 2004, a letter addressed to former Sen. Bill
Frist (R-Tenn.) also tested positive for ricin
after it was found to contain a white powder
while being sorted in the Dirksen Senate
Office Building. The Senate office buildings
were closed and decontaminated, but
authorities never solved the case.
Ricin is a poison found in castor beans, which
can be manufactured from castor bean waste
materials, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
“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,” the
CDC warns.

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