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.

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

Jason Kale Clampit, 44, made his own ricin, a poison extracted from castor beans that grow in the wild. While castor beans themselves are harmless, ricin, when extracted correctly in a complex ...

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 ...

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 ...