{"id":72709,"date":"2025-11-10T15:26:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=72709"},"modified":"2025-11-10T18:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:35:05","slug":"ricin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ricin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ricin Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad recently busted a suspected terror syndicate by arresting a &#8216;doctor&#8217;, who was allegedly preparing the highly lethal chemical poison, &#8216;Ricin&#8217;, and whose handler is associated with the Islamic State Khorasan Province, and two others.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ricin<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ricin is a <\/span><b>poison found naturally in castor beans.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If castor beans are chewed and swallowed, the ricin that comes out can cause injury.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ricin can be <\/span><b>made from the waste material left over from processing castor beans.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ricin can be in the <\/span><b>form of a powder, a mist, or a pellet.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also be <\/span><b>dissolved in water or weak acid.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>stable under normal conditions.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> However, it will <\/span><b>not work if temperatures are over<\/b> <b>80 degrees centigrade <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(176 degrees Fahrenheit).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> toxic when inhaled, ingested, or injected.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As few as<\/span><b> five to ten micrograms per kilogram can be lethal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>How Does It Work?<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ricin works by <\/span><b>getting inside the cells<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of a person&#8217;s body and <\/span><b>preventing the cells from making the proteins <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they need. <\/span><b>Without the proteins, cells die.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually this is <\/span><b>harmful to the whole body, and death may occur<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is of special concern because of its <\/span><b>potential use as a biological weapon.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Accidental exposure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to ricin is <\/span><b>rare <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and results primarily from the ingestion of castor seeds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Treatment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>No antidote exists <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for ricin.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Symptomatic ricin poisoning is treated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by providing <\/span><b>supportive medical care<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to minimize the effects of the poisoning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/doctor-2-others-arrested-in-gujarat-for-planning-ricin-terror-attack-9604347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ricin is a poison found naturally in castor beans. 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