Powder Found at UT Might Not Be Ricin
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Laura Heinauer writes in The Austin American-Statesman:
A mysterious whitish-brown powder found in a roll of quarters in a dormitory room on the University of Texas campus might not be the poison ricin after all.More here.
A preliminary test by the Texas Department of State Health Services laboratory in Austin returned a positive result for the potentially fatal substance, prompting an evacuation of the Moore-Hill residence hall, an investigation by the FBI and worries of a link to terrorism.
But three subsequent tests at the same lab came up negative.
posted by Fergie @ 2/26/2006 12:10:00 PM
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