Talk:Castor oil plant
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[edit] Annual production
Why does this page tell me that the world production of castor seeds is one million tons per year and the article about ricin tells me that 100 million tons are processed each year?
Klaus
100 million tons seems to be an error; see talk:Ricin. This has been corrected in the article. Elphion (talk) 13:46, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Article name
Why is this article titled "Castor bean"? That refers to the seed. The name of the plant (according to Merriam-Webster's dictionary), is the "Castor-oil plant". Since when is a plant called a bean anyway? Rt66lt 17:41, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] most poisonous plant
Guiness World Records (published editions) record the Castor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/archive/oil">Oil</a> Plant to be the world's most "deadly" plant. "A particle from the Castor leaf the size of a grain of sand can kill a 160-pound adult". Why isnt that in the article!!!? See this website http://library.thinkquest.org/C007974/1_3cas.htm AJ24
- Because you haven't added it yet? :) dougmc 22:30, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Also, it's not true (talk:Ricin). Elphion (talk) 13:46, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Ricin-Killing of Gorgi Markov thru KGB in London
and what about the umbrella killing of bulgarian journalist Gorgi Markov, in London, due to 10 microgramm of Ricin? In contrast to other killing agents, ricin provoces a leucocytosis, with fever. Ricin can be prepared easily in the kitchen by stirring the seed with an ionic exchanger and eluting from the filter with mannose-sugar. There is a lot of to tell about the medical problems regarding ricinus communis, e.g. the allergic reaction to the proein content. There should be a link to "ricin" of wikipedia.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaltenbrunner (talk • contribs)
- There is a link to ricin. The other data you provide, you can add it to the article. --Dirk Beetstra T C 19:57, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Las Vegas incident
I removed the section on 3/2008 Las Vegas incident. According to the provided source no information on the manufacture was known. The man did not die, but is in critical condition. Add it back without inferences. 71.217.210.55 (talk) 03:47, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Whoever has been editing the article did not restore information about this incident. I have added a neutral notice about it. Elphion (talk) 22:48, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
