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European Viscum species are considered more toxic due to the presence of viscumin, a toxin similar to ricin from castor bean that is not present in their American Phoradendron counterparts.
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Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2025
Michail Chkhikvishvili, who reportedly attempted to recruit people to involve themselves in a plot to poison children at Jewish schools in New York City, pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and distributing information about making bombs and ricin.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2025
In 2018, a letter that claimed to contain ricin led to a full biohazard response by first responders at her home.
—Fox News, 11 May 2022
In his truck, officers found a plastic water gun and five tubes that tested positive for ricin.
—Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2022
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Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2025
Michail Chkhikvishvili, who reportedly attempted to recruit people to involve themselves in a plot to poison children at Jewish schools in New York City, pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and distributing information about making bombs and ricin.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2025
In 2018, a letter that claimed to contain ricin led to a full biohazard response by first responders at her home.
—Fox News, 11 May 2022
In his truck, officers found a plastic water gun and five tubes that tested positive for ricin.
—Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2022
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“Ricin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ricin. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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ricin
noun
ri·cin
ˈrīs-ᵊn, ˈris- 
: a poisonous protein in the castor bean
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