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A member asked:
I've been using cold-pressed, virgin castor oil on my eyebrows and eyelids x3 nights. now, i'm worried about ricin poisoning. should i be worried?
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No: There is no need to worry about ricin being in the castor oil, compared to all the other things we have to worry about in life. Castor oil may not be needed nor useful... which means one should investigate to see if castor oil has been truly proven to help in the way one is using it (castor oil has been around a long time and has many myths about it).
Answered 8/1/2016
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