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A letter with a suspicious substance was intercepted by the postal service of White House during this week. The information was released on Saturday (19) by local media. According to the vehicles, FBI sources confirmed the presence of ricin in an envelope. HE The substance is lethal and can be extracted naturally from castor beans..
Secret Service sources told The New York Times that the envelope was shipped from an address in Canada. The CNN news network also cited national security sources to say that two tests were conducted to verify the presence of ricin.
According to the Reuters news agency, the US federal police. confirmed the investigation into a “suspicious letter” sent to the postal service, but said that, “at the moment”, there is no threat to public safety.
The White House is the official residence of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the seat of the American government. All the games undergo screening for toxic or dangerous products, as a security measure.
In 2013, a ricin letter was sent to then-President Barack Obama. She was intercepted by the Secret Service.
Ricin is a toxin that originates in castor beans and that can kill a person with just a small amount. Symptoms of contamination can be mistaken for pneumonia, as the victim has respiratory problems, fever, cough, nausea, and a stiff chest.
