Police: Man in critical condition after exposure to ricin

CNN ^ | 2-29-08 | CNN

[SeafoodGumbo]

A man who stayed in a Las Vegas hotel room where ricin was found is in critical condition at a hospital, where he has been since mid-February, said a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department official.

A man is in critical condition after exposure to ricin at a Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel.

[SeafoodGumbo]

LGF's description of this story:

“A man” (that’s how the media are identifying him right now) is comatose and in critical condition in Las Vegas, and presumptive tests indicate that a substance found in his hotel room is the deadly poison ricin.

[ladtx]

“A man”? More like a corpse I’d say.

[pissant]

Work related accident, I assume.

[Jeff Chandler]

Two possibilities come to mind.

1. A terrorist had used the room and this poor "man" is an innocent victim.
2. More likely-based upon the lack of identification of the "man"-this guy IS a terrorist hoisted on his own petard.

[Vigilanteman]

FBI has announced this has nothing to do with terrorism,
do NOT profile Muzzies.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

This sounds like...not being able to call Obama “Hussein”...

A man? Smells like terrorist to me. You just dont go around someplace carrying ricin

[Red Badger]

Just how does one “accidentally” get ricin poisoning?........

[Diogenesis]

Some say he is a dedicated physician who was forced to do oncologic research in his '"Extended stay America" suite.

Alternative hypotheses including things that should make an inquiring mind go "hmmmmmm"

Found in Iraq:

* New research on BW-applicable agents, Brucella and Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF),
and continuing work on ricin and aflatoxin were not declared to the UN.

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Still missing based on the UNSCOM report to the UN Security Council in January 1999,
when the UN inspectors left Iraq in 1998, they had been unable to account for:

• up to 360 tons of bulk chemical warfare agents, including 1.5 tons of VX nerve agent

• growth media procured for biological agent production (enough to produce
over three times the 8,500 litres of anthrax spores Iraq admitted to UN inspectors to having manufactured);

[gridlock]

Hey, I was making chili the other day, and wound up soaking castor beans instead of navy beans, y'know... And then I put them in the Cuisinart, y'know... And I make Ricin, like, by accident!!!

[xroadie]

It’s a great day to be in Las Vegas. I had a colonoscopy a few months ago (guess where), and this motel is a few blocks from where I work.
Sheesh!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

A man is in critical condition after exposure to ricin at a Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel.

John "Hussein" Doe?

[pissant]

Preparing it for an attack and accidentally getting a bit too much exposure.

[goodnesswins]

YOU CANNOT use his MIDDLE NAME!!!!!!!!!!!

[Red Badger]

Do you know how much ricin constitutes a fatal dose?.............

[MediaMole]

He was just making his own castor oil and drank the wrong part. Perfectly understandable mistake — it happens all the time.

[EEDUDE]

“Work related accident, I assume.”

Pretty good assumption I’d say.

[Red Badger]

I bet it wasn't a Holiday Inn Express................

[Dasaji]

several countries have investigated links between suspect extremists and ricin...

Don't'cha just love the PC term for terrorist??

[DonnerT]

Ate the whole pot of castor beans?

[EEDUDE]

500 micrograms. 0.5 mg.