Six backpackers have died after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol while travelling in Laos, south-east Asia ...
Methanol is a colourless liquid that tastes similar to alcohol and is a byproduct of bootlegged liquor. Consuming even a ...
An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a ...
The NHS warns that as little as 4ml of methanol can cause hallucinations and blindness. Half an hour to two hours after consuming methanol symptoms include drowsiness, confusion and irritability.
A British backpacker who drank two shots at a Laos hostel just two days before six people died went blind after she was also ...