UT Tests Come Back Positive for Ricin

[sakabatou]

A University of Texas student found a substance that has tested positive for ricin, a potentially deadly poison, in a roll of quarters she was using to do laundry in her dormitory, officials said.

The student and her roommate were being treated for potential exposure to the poison, although neither has exhibited symptoms, said Dr. Theresa Spalding of UT Student Health Services.

The student told university police she found the chunky powder Thursday as she was doing her laundry at the Moore-Hill dormitory, Spalding said. Preliminary tests for ricin came back positive Friday.

"We were very concerned as soon as we heard about the positive testing late this evening," Spalding said. She said the quarters had been in the students' dorm room for several months.

more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/26/national/a204232S03.DTL&hw=ricin&sn=001&sc=1000

Yet...

The FBI determined a powdery substance found in a roll of quarters at a University of Texas dormitory was not ricin after initial state tests had indicated it was the potentially deadly poison, a spokesman said Sunday.

"There were no proteins in there to indicate it was in fact ricin," Salinas said. He said was unlikely further testing would be done.

Texas health officials did "just a quick test and they don't check for the proteins in ricin," Salinas said.

If it was put there as a joke, Salinas said "it was an extremely bad joke."

more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/26/national/a204232S03.DTL&hw=ricin&sn=001&sc=1000

WMD! WMD! 9-11! 9-11! Teror alert! Code red!
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[babylonsister]

1. Clothes soap, egg on face, assholes! nt

[sakabatou]

2. Exactly!