ricin

Apr 17th

APWU Learns of Ricin Incident Through Media Reports

Union to Pursue Matter Vigorously APWU officers learned through the news media on April 16 that a letter that may have been contaminated with a deadly poison had been found in the mail Preliminary tests performed at the Maryland mail facility where the letter was found were positive for ricin, according to published reports. Additional […]

Apr 16th

Video: Envelope tests positive for ricin at Washington mail facility

Washington (CNN) — An envelope that tested positive for the deadly poison ricin was intercepted Tuesday afternoon at the U.S. Capitol’s off-site mail facility in Washington, congressional and law enforcement sources tell CNN. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was told the letter was addressed to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi. After […]