A ‘Bulgarian Umbrella’ is Not What You Want If It’s Raining Spies.
This is one of those times where it is better not to chew your food.
3 min readAug 8, 2022
The castor bean is planted and harvested around the world. Every part of this plant contains the toxalbumin ricin. Toxicity varies with growing conditions and origin, but all can cause toxicity and potentially be fatal.