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World Service,09 Jan 2003,23 mins

Deadly Poison Ricin discovered in London

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Ricin, one of the world's most poisonous substances, has been discovered in London, giving rise to fears about bioterrorism. The ethics and issues behind cloning human cells. How thinking about how foods behave might help scientists to predict avalanches. Why Amazon fires in the in the 1990s are only now causing an increase in carbon released into the atmosphere.

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