Posted by Sam the Bam on October 20, 2009, 6:29 pm
> > As for ricin... it can be home made, as I recall....
> You might not want to make ricin. You might not survive the
> experience.
How do they make castor oil? Safely, I mean...
> People are forever coming to chem forums wanting to know how to
> make poisons, explosives and drugs.
What about hemlock? Can I grow that in
my garden? Though I don't even know what
it looks like...
Can you put it on a dart, or does it have to be ingested?
Sam
Posted by Bill Penrose on October 20, 2009, 9:36 pm
> How do they make castor oil? Safely, I mean...
Destroy the protein with heat, the same way the oil is freed from the
bean.
> What about hemlock? Can I grow that in
> my garden? Though I don't even know what
> it looks like...
There's several entirely different plants named hemlock, including an
evergreen bush that contains no coniine, the nasty part.
DB
Posted by Gloria P on October 21, 2009, 7:36 pm
Sam the Bam wrote:
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> What about hemlock? Can I grow that in
> my garden? Though I don't even know what
> it looks like...
>
>
Poison hemlock is a common weed, nothing like our evergreen
hemlock. When you hike, don't be eating anything along the trails.
gloria p
> You might not want to make ricin. You might not survive the
> experience.