Castor beans are filled with ricin.
蓖麻籽富含蓖麻毒素。
The good: Castor oil is used in a number of ways, usually by parents for their kid's stomach aches. You can also find the oil in food flavorings and colorings, such as in candy and chocolate.
益處:蓖麻籽油具有多種用途,父母一般會用作孩子的胃藥。你也可以在食品調味劑和調色劑中找到這些東西,如糖果和巧克力。
The bad: Just one castor bean is enough to kill a child, and a few more can kill an adult. A single gram of ricin, the bean's main toxin, is thousands of times more powerful than cyanide. Worst of all, there is no known remedy for a ricin poisoning.
壞處:一粒蓖麻籽就能殺死一個兒童,成年人多吃幾粒也會死去。一克蓖麻毒素毒效等于氰化物的上千倍。最糟糕的是,現在還沒有針對這種毒素的藥方。