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It can happen, but again, based on what deb is describing, this sort of oilier substance as opposed to these very small, almost granular spore-type things, it sounds unlikely. >> fran, in the world of, you know, terror and people who follow and track this stuff, how high is ricin on the list of things people are concerned about? i mean, is it difficult to obtain? is it difficult to break down and weaponize, as you say? >> well, the component pieces to a ricin compound are actually readily available. sanjay mentioned caster beans. that's the basic component and you crush it down and you grind i...

Very small, granular spore type things, it sounds unlikely. >> in the world of terror and people who follow and track this stuff, how high is ricin on the list of things people are concerned about? i mean, is it difficult to obtain? is it difficult to break down and weaponize as you said? >> well, the component pieces to a ricin compound are actually readily available. sanjay mentioned caster beans, that's the basic component, you crush it down and grind it. in the terrorism context, the way we saw it was as a contact poison which is the highly weaponized would be aerosolized. sanjay gupta des...