Comments on: Ex Machina #19: A Medical (and Chemical) Review http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1196 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:07:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jacob Deuchar http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1196/comment-page-1#comment-7753 Jacob Deuchar Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:22:22 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1196#comment-7753 I found this article highly interesting, i have recently begun exploring the world-wide-web with regards to alleged "Kitchen Chemistry" methods of producing Ricin, knowing them to be fake, but exploring the hysteria and media interest surrounding these widely available recipes, most of which are based on "The poiseners handbook" recipe published in 1988. One thing that has always been apparent with the whole Ricin production debate is that if the compound is so readily available in Caster, and so easy to extract, why are there no deaths, except the 1978 assassination in London and a few other rare incidents, attributed to Ricin poisening? If it's so easy to extract, and there is no cure for Ricin poisening, why isn't it used as a tool for murder more frequently? Quite simply, the whole case for home production of Ricin is a phallicey. I found this article highly interesting, i have recently begun exploring the world-wide-web with regards to alleged “Kitchen Chemistry” methods of producing Ricin, knowing them to be fake, but exploring the hysteria and media interest surrounding these widely available recipes, most of which are based on “The poiseners handbook” recipe published in 1988.

One thing that has always been apparent with the whole Ricin production debate is that if the compound is so readily available in Caster, and so easy to extract, why are there no deaths, except the 1978 assassination in London and a few other rare incidents, attributed to Ricin poisening? If it’s so easy to extract, and there is no cure for Ricin poisening, why isn’t it used as a tool for murder more frequently? Quite simply, the whole case for home production of Ricin is a phallicey.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1196/comment-page-1#comment-6116 Anonymous Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:09:27 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1196#comment-6116 "Did the story really treat it as a rare, exotic chemical?" Yes. I think the author doesn't wear nail polish. “Did the story really treat it as a rare, exotic chemical?”

Yes. I think the author doesn’t wear nail polish.

]]> By: Carl http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1196/comment-page-1#comment-6106 Carl Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:13:47 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1196#comment-6106 You can buy gallons of acetone in any hardware store. It's used as a solvent to remove glues, and as a paint thinner/remover. Did the story really treat it as a rare, exotic chemical? You can buy gallons of acetone in any hardware store. It’s used as a solvent to remove glues, and as a paint thinner/remover.

Did the story really treat it as a rare, exotic chemical?

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