>>>Ricin is extremely prone to false positives because it's very similar to a lot of various food items; the famous "jar of Ricin in a Paris subway" turned out to be wheat germ, for example.<<<
Good point. The news tonight is that the State Lab says it is NOT ricin.
I wonder if the girl with the coins is some kind of drama queen.
Our news showed the hazmat people going back in and getting more samples out of the coin mechanisms in the laundry room, then putting them in white buckets which were supposed to be going to the FBI.
The girl is still at home at her parents' house in Pearland - they wouldn't talk to news, but did say she is doing fine.
Assuming she didn't plant it herself, if I opened a roll of quarters and found a significant quantity of white powder, and I was in Austin, I'd first suspect that it came from Willie Nelson's place. Second, I'd isolate it and report it, after thoroughly washing my hands.