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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

FBI Confirms Traces of Ricin and Rinolic Acid Found In Baby Food jars

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KEYWORDS: babyfood; bananayogurt; castorbeans; contamination; fbi; gerber; irvine; poison; poisons; ricin; toxins
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1 posted on 07/28/2004 1:38:34 PM PDT by esryle
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To: esryle

In two jars, in the Irvine CA area.


2 posted on 07/28/2004 1:39:59 PM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: esryle

Well thats not good!


3 posted on 07/28/2004 1:40:19 PM PDT by cmsgop ( Bong Hits, Fraggle Rock Reruns and DU is no way to go through Life.............)
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To: esryle

I know what the first one is. What the heck in ricine and rinolic acid?


4 posted on 07/28/2004 1:41:02 PM PDT by mewzilla (Rain, rain, go away)
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To: mewzilla

in=is


5 posted on 07/28/2004 1:41:14 PM PDT by mewzilla (Rain, rain, go away)
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To: Lil'freeper

*ping*


6 posted on 07/28/2004 1:41:29 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."-Pope JPII)
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To: esryle

Cold, COLD chills up the spine down here in Houston... Holey sh*t.


7 posted on 07/28/2004 1:41:33 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: esryle

http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=2101935&nav=5D7PHhW


8 posted on 07/28/2004 1:41:45 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: mewzilla

Go to google.com


9 posted on 07/28/2004 1:41:45 PM PDT by OldFriend (IF YOU CAN READ THIS, THANK A TEACHER.......AND SINCE IT'S IN ENGLISH, THANK A SOLDIER)
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To: esryle

Ricinoleic acid?


10 posted on 07/28/2004 1:42:04 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: OldFriend


"Bush put it in there to scare people".


11 posted on 07/28/2004 1:42:14 PM PDT by Josh in PA
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To: esryle

How did they discover it? They would have had to have been tipped off, otherwise there'd be a trail of dead kids already - that stuff is deadly!


12 posted on 07/28/2004 1:42:40 PM PDT by Liberty Tree Surgeon (Buy American, the Nation you save may be your own)
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To: esryle

Who in the world hates America and Americans so much they'd want to kill a little baby? Oh, I forgot, there are a lot of people who fit that sick description.


13 posted on 07/28/2004 1:43:13 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: cmsgop

Story here http://kcal9.com/national/Poison-BabyFood-aa/resources_news_html


14 posted on 07/28/2004 1:43:36 PM PDT by cmsgop ( Bong Hits, Fraggle Rock Reruns and DU is no way to go through Life.............)
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To: OldFriend

Did. Wasn't much help.


15 posted on 07/28/2004 1:43:40 PM PDT by mewzilla (Rain, rain, go away)
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To: mewzilla

ricine is a deadly poison made from castor beans...supposedly the most deadly of poisons.

Musab al-Zarqawi was perfecting it in Iraq when we liberated that sad country.

So...it is associated with terrorism.

I don't know what rinolic acid is. I'd guess another poison considering the ricine.


16 posted on 07/28/2004 1:43:40 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Supporting Bush/Cheney 2004!)
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To: esryle

Uh oh.


17 posted on 07/28/2004 1:43:45 PM PDT by GVnana (Tagline? I don't need no steenkin' tagline!)
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To: esryle

Don't worry. Kerry said this terror thing is overblown.


18 posted on 07/28/2004 1:44:09 PM PDT by b4its2late (John John Kerry Edwards change positions more often than a Nevada prostitute!!!)
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To: esryle

All the bad guys have to do is cause panic.


19 posted on 07/28/2004 1:44:09 PM PDT by eyespysomething (Shove it John and John!)
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To: esryle

Ricinoleic Acid is the correct name

derived from castor beans.

a raw castor bean can have the same results!


20 posted on 07/28/2004 1:44:10 PM PDT by steplock ( www.spadata.com)
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To: esryle

Wasn't there a story a few months ago about ricin being in the main U.S. Senate building, and then later on it turned out to be not the case after all? I sure hope this turns out the same way.


21 posted on 07/28/2004 1:44:18 PM PDT by jpl ("America's greatest chapter is still to be written, for the best is yet to come." - Ronald W. Reagan)
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To: xzins

The crawl on the website lists ricin, ricine, and rinolic acid. Do they need a spell checker?


22 posted on 07/28/2004 1:44:29 PM PDT by mewzilla (Rain, rain, go away)
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To: LibWhacker
Who in the world hates America and Americans so much they'd want to kill a little baby?

How about all of the Democrats in Boston this week that support Planned Parenthood and believe Michael Moore?

Just for starters...

23 posted on 07/28/2004 1:45:41 PM PDT by jscd3
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To: Liberty Tree Surgeon

Supposedly, there was a note in the jar.


24 posted on 07/28/2004 1:46:01 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: esryle

People should make their own baby food. They'll know what they're eating.


25 posted on 07/28/2004 1:46:11 PM PDT by the Deejay
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To: Frank_Discussion

That's wild. Part of why I don't feed my 1 year old baby food. Too much can happen to it in the packaging, etc. I decided that I'll just cook some green beans we got from the local farmer (or black eyed peas, green peas, etc.) and smash'em up good for her.


26 posted on 07/28/2004 1:46:11 PM PDT by Ro_Thunder (Sarcasm? That's humor lost on anyone but yourself.)
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Could we PLEASE start killing ALL of these cowardly terrorist SOBs?!


27 posted on 07/28/2004 1:46:37 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">Hatriotism)
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To: jpl

I'm sure it's nothing... Hey! Look over THERE!

Yes, nothing to worry about, nothing to see here. Go back to sleep now, we'll wake you when it's time to go vote.


28 posted on 07/28/2004 1:46:44 PM PDT by johnb838 (France is the enemy - France has always been the enemy)
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To: Ro_Thunder

Good strategy, Ro.


29 posted on 07/28/2004 1:47:03 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: esryle

"On June 16th, a man called police in Irvine to report he found a note inside a jar of baby food warning that the container had been contaminated."

Seems to be a person who wants to make a point about the vulnerability of our food supply!

BTW ... The positive results for poison can be from a plain raw castor bean a LEGAL plant in the USA.


30 posted on 07/28/2004 1:47:18 PM PDT by steplock ( www.spadata.com)
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To: the Deejay

YEs, and diapers are killing the environment.


31 posted on 07/28/2004 1:47:31 PM PDT by johnb838 (France is the enemy - France has always been the enemy)
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To: Josh in PA
"Bush put it in there to scare people".

Obviously...

PS. You forgot to close your < sarc> tag...

32 posted on 07/28/2004 1:47:50 PM PDT by bondjamesbond (We live in a wonderful country where any child can grow up to be the next Ronald Reagan.)
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To: steplock
BTW ... The positive results for poison can be from a plain raw castor bean a LEGAL plant in the USA.

Somehow I can't see AQ leaving a note.

33 posted on 07/28/2004 1:48:30 PM PDT by mewzilla (Rain, rain, go away)
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To: johnb838

Don't get me wrong, if this is real then it's deadly serious and needs to be investigated by the authorities fully.


34 posted on 07/28/2004 1:48:38 PM PDT by jpl ("America's greatest chapter is still to be written, for the best is yet to come." - Ronald W. Reagan)
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To: mewzilla

I believe I've always seen it with the "e." Merriam-Webster does not have the "e." Calls it a poisonous protein of the castor bean.


35 posted on 07/28/2004 1:49:12 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Supporting Bush/Cheney 2004!)
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To: steplock
"On June 16th, a man called police in Irvine to report he found a note inside a jar of baby food warning that the container had been contaminated."

BS meter way high on this.

36 posted on 07/28/2004 1:50:10 PM PDT by eyespysomething (Shove it John and John!)
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To: RandallFlagg
Could we PLEASE start killing ALL of these cowardly terrorist SOBs?!

No problem. So...you know where the perp is?

37 posted on 07/28/2004 1:50:58 PM PDT by Physicist
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To: Yaelle; Texas Termite

Pings to you both.


38 posted on 07/28/2004 1:50:59 PM PDT by Brad's Gramma (Sure glad I was old enough to vote for President Reagan!!!)
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To: esryle

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2004/jul/28/072809080.html

Baby Food in Calif. Contained Poison

ASSOCIATED PRESS

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - Trace amounts of the deadly poison ricin have been found in at least one jar of baby food that had been tampered with, the FBI said Wednesday.

The FBI and prosecutors are investigating two suspected cases of food tampering. No injuries or arrests have been reported, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.

Authorities have not disclosed the amount of ricin discovered, the number of baby food jars that contained the poison or a possible motive.

On June 16, a man told Irvine police that as he was about to feed his son, he found a note inside a jar of baby food warning that it had been contaminated. A similar case was reported by an Irvine couple on May 31 involving the same baby food, Gerber Banana Yogurt, police said. A note was also found inside that jar.

Investigators were testing Gerber Banana Yogurt removed from the store where both jars were purchased. They did not specify whether the ricin was found in both jars.

Authorities did not disclose the contents of the notes but said they referred to an Irvine police officer.

Ricin is made from castor beans and can be fatal if swallowed, inhaled or injected. A dose about the size of the head of a pin could be enough to kill an adult, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


39 posted on 07/28/2004 1:51:33 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: xzins
I googled the word ricine and I got lots of info en francais :)
40 posted on 07/28/2004 1:51:57 PM PDT by mewzilla (Rain, rain, go away)
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To: eyespysomething
"On June 16th, a man called police in Irvine to report he found a note inside a jar of baby food warning that the container had been contaminated."

$50 says he's ID'd as the perp.

41 posted on 07/28/2004 1:53:29 PM PDT by johnfrink
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42 posted on 07/28/2004 1:53:45 PM PDT by Mo1 (Kerry & Edwards .... they will leave no Special Interest Group behind)
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To: eyespysomething

I think it's real. It was all over out here on the news when those notes were found.


43 posted on 07/28/2004 1:54:40 PM PDT by Brad's Gramma (Sure glad I was old enough to vote for President Reagan!!!)
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To: Physicist

I'm talking about sending orders to the troops to no longer take terrorists alive. I'm sorry, but intentionally poisoning babies (If true) should be met with some serious rage.


44 posted on 07/28/2004 1:55:18 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">Hatriotism)
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To: mewzilla

"Ricine" is the French spelling...


45 posted on 07/28/2004 1:56:58 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: johnfrink

That's what I was thinking, but this from the article:

>>On June 16, a man told Irvine police that as he was about to feed his son, he found a note inside a jar of baby food warning that it had been contaminated. A similar case was reported by an Irvine couple on May 31 involving the same baby food, Gerber Banana Yogurt, police said. A note was also found inside that jar.<<

But I still don't think AQ would leave a note.


46 posted on 07/28/2004 1:57:02 PM PDT by eyespysomething (Shove it John and John!)
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To: LibWhacker
Oh, I forgot, there are a lot of people who fit that sick description.
A few are in Boston at the moment. It makes you think.
47 posted on 07/28/2004 1:57:40 PM PDT by Asclepius (protectionists would outsource our dignity and prosperity in return for illusory job security)
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To: Coop

My 12 month old neice lives in Irvine.


48 posted on 07/28/2004 1:58:06 PM PDT by GWB00
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To: Constitution Day

OK. NOW I remember. There had been the one case where they found the note in it. The SECOND one...the parent said he KNEW the bottle had not been opened at the store as it still was sealed when he opened it. He had been very careful w/the food to make sure the bottles were sealed.

The authorities were telling parents to ..... stir their baby's food first. I think I would've gone ASAP to a Plan B if I were the parent!!!!


49 posted on 07/28/2004 1:58:27 PM PDT by Brad's Gramma (Sure glad I was old enough to vote for President Reagan!!!)
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To: mvpel

I gathered that from my foray on google :) Wonder which spelling the perp used.


50 posted on 07/28/2004 1:58:33 PM PDT by mewzilla (Rain, rain, go away)
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