The News About The Deadly Poison Ricin Found In Las Vegas Motel Room

A suspicious that preliminary showed to be the deadly poison, ricin was found in a Las Vegas motel room. In proper doses, ricin can be used for cancer treatment and is used in cancer research, but an amount the size of a grain of salt can be deadly.

The man who brought the substance to the manager told police he found it in a suite and it did not belong to him. Three motel employees and another person were quarantined and decontaminated at the site, then taken to hospitals for further testing. Three police officers who had been exposed were also taken to hospitals. It takes between six and eight hours for someone exposed to ricin to show signs of contamination.

The Las Vegas police along with Homeland Security officials and the FBI are investigating the incident, but say they don’t believe it is related to terrorism.

There has been no mention of who could have brought the ricin to the motel and makes me wonder why someone would be carrying it around since it is so toxic. I guess we’ll find out more after all the tests are done.

That’s the news about that. I hope the news about you is good news.

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