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FBI Confirms Traces of Ricin and rinolic acid Found In Baby Food jars
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Posted on 07/28/2004 1:38:31 PM PDT by esryle

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WordNet Dictionary
Noun 1. ricinoleic acid - an oily fatty acid found in castor oil and used in soap
61 posted on 07/28/2004 2:03:40 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: Coop; dennisw; SJackson; MeekOneGOP; B4Ranch; TrueBeliever9; Geist Krieger; JohnHuang2; Salem; ...

I smell Islamic justice - ping!


62 posted on 07/28/2004 2:04:09 PM PDT by Happy2BMe (JOHN KERRY is as much like the WORKING MAN as WHOOPIE GOLDBERG is to GEORGE W. BUSH! - Vote BUSH!)
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To: Physicist

If we ended (Read: wasted) more of them, others would be more willing to offer information. The rest would get panicked, and make mistakes in their rush to take actions, and be easier to nail.

Two words: Overwhelming Force.


63 posted on 07/28/2004 2:05:09 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">Hatriotism)
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To: Spunky

Thanks. Yup, they need a spell checker.


64 posted on 07/28/2004 2:06:29 PM PDT by mewzilla (Rain, rain, go away)
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To: Physicist

"Is the goal here revenge, or victory?"

Do we have to choose?Ok,both.


65 posted on 07/28/2004 2:06:43 PM PDT by John W
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To: esryle
The timing is very curious someone had to say it
66 posted on 07/28/2004 2:07:07 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("I actually was going to throw like a man before I threw like a girl." JFK 7/25/2004)
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To: Brad's Gramma

Stir the baby food first? What would that do? I don't get it.


67 posted on 07/28/2004 2:07:13 PM PDT by CobaltBlue
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To: xzins

rinolic acid is a chemical term that tells you what has happened to the rinicin. Something like it is in an unsaturated fatty acid form.


68 posted on 07/28/2004 2:07:37 PM PDT by exhaustedmomma (“John Kerry has fought harder for the Vietnamese communists than he fought against them in Vietnam.”)
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To: Brad's Gramma
"it still was sealed when he opened it."

The seals used to be the same as the normal seal attained by following normal canning practice with Mason jars. The cap is placed on while the jar's hot and when it cools, a vacuum seal obtains. Is that the way they still do it?

69 posted on 07/28/2004 2:07:46 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: esryle

Ricinoleic Acid is found in castor bean oil.


70 posted on 07/28/2004 2:08:55 PM PDT by CobaltBlue
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To: esryle

Whoa... Terrorists contaminating baby food? This is getting serious... Hey! Let's go ride bikes!


71 posted on 07/28/2004 2:09:06 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (Liberals - The Other White Meat.)
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To: GWB00
"My 12 month old niece lives in Irvine."

Does she have a good job?

72 posted on 07/28/2004 2:09:53 PM PDT by cibco (Xin Loi... Saddam)
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To: spunkets

I don't see why the same heat process that causes Mason jars to seal wouldn't work for baby food jars.


73 posted on 07/28/2004 2:10:19 PM PDT by CobaltBlue
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To: johnfrink
Sounds like some wack-job nursing an anti-cop grudge. Al Qaeda wouldn't leave a note, and wouldn't leave a gap of two weeks in between discoveries of ricin. They would do a massive drop of multiple jars, and it's almost impossible to be furtive about doing that in a store. This sets off my "domestic a-hole" alarm.

Careful, it can be dangerous around here to 1) Carefully read the story, and 2) think logically.

Ricin is extremely easy to make in the sense that almost anyone can concentrate it SOME. A variety of domestic lone nutjobs have used or attempted to use ricin.

The other thing about Ricin is it's extremely similar to a lot of natural substances, including wheat products.

Basically, it appears the whole Capitol Hill thing was bogus, but that it was was swept under the rug to avoid embarassing the Senators who claimed they were attacked, and, of course, everyone has forgotten it. The French subway "ricin in a locker" turned out to be a jar of wheat germ.

74 posted on 07/28/2004 2:10:25 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: CobaltBlue

I guess to find the note??? At first I thought it was HORRIBLY irresponsible. (well...it actually is).

I followed the link at the top of this page, AND did a Google search...here's an excerpt from ABC7.com

"A father told police he found such a note concealed in a jar of Gerber Banana Yogurt.

According to the missive, the food was contaminated. The writer also made reference to an Irvine police officer, the same as an earlier note did, Lt. Jeff Love of the Irvine Police Department said at the time."

....and

"Each time, the note in the jar was wrapped so it wouldn't get saturated by the food, Love said. He said the wording in both notes was also the same, and that police believe both cases are linked."

Who KNOWS what's going on. I distinctly remember that second dad saying he was AWARE of the threat and HAD been checking each bottle for that seal to unpop.




75 posted on 07/28/2004 2:11:36 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Sure glad I was old enough to vote for President Reagan!!!)
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To: xzins; mewzilla

rinolic acid
If u goog it u get a spelling correction 2 ricinoleic acid

Ricinoleic Acid, also called castor oil acid, belong to a family of the unsaturated fatty acid. It is a viscous yellow liquid, melting at 5.5 C and boiling at 245 C. It is insoluble in water but soluble in most organic solvents. It is prepared by the hydrolysis of Castor Oil. It is used in textile finishing, in coating, inks and in making soaps.

I tried goog the word + poison ingestion, etc but have to leave for church.

It does not seem to me that something used for the items above would be anything a person would want to ingest.

How in the world it ended up in baby food jars I'd like to know.


76 posted on 07/28/2004 2:11:48 PM PDT by tutstar ( <{{--->< http://ripe4change.4-all.org Be part of the solution not part of the problem!)
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Since we never know who's reading Free Republic...

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77 posted on 07/28/2004 2:14:20 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Sure glad I was old enough to vote for President Reagan!!!)
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To: Strategerist
We have had castor bean plants growing in our back yard. I keep pulling them up and throwing them away.


78 posted on 07/28/2004 2:15:16 PM PDT by CobaltBlue
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To: tapatio

You really should provide a link and attribution when you post someone else's material.


79 posted on 07/28/2004 2:15:50 PM PDT by HipShot (EOM couldn't cut the head off of a beer with a chainsaw)
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To: Frank_Discussion

Thanks. I did it at first because I just didn't see the point in spending 50 cents a jar for baby food, when it's "strained peas" - why not just smash up a bunch of peas? Or heck, put'em in a coffee grinder - ta-da, you've got strained peas!

I even get my eggs from a friend, and they are just 'yard eggs'.


80 posted on 07/28/2004 2:16:01 PM PDT by Ro_Thunder (Sarcasm? That's humor lost on anyone but yourself.)
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