Jason Kale Clampit, 44, was sentenced for possession of ricin, which he had made to set traps for trespassers, prosecutors ...

The castor bean plant grows abundantly in India, and its leaves have long been used for relieving pain and swelling. However, ...

Jason Kale Clampit was sentenced to eight years in prison for making ricin, a biological weapon favored by assassins and terrorists.

Spices can now get exposed to the light (and maybe the heat of the fridge’s motor), but my recollection is that spices, like ...

castor oil — which is pressed or extracted from castor beans — is approved for just one medicinal use: as a laxative. Here’s what castor oil can — and can’t — do. Todd Heisler/The New ...

A Winslow man was sentenced on Thursday in federal court after being arrested in 2024 for the possession or attempted manufacturing of the poison ricin, according to court documents.

Castor oil “comes from the seeds of the caster bean plant, formerly known as ricinus communis,” says Kerry Yates, trichologist and founder of Colour Collective. “Considered to be once quite ...

Perth resident Michael and his partner are demanding his local council take responsibility after seeds from castor bean plants invading nearby council land blew into their garden without their ...