A British woman has become the fifth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of drinking ...

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 ...

Unlike ethanol, the type of alcohol found in beverages, methanol is highly poisonous even in small quantities. Its ingestion ...

A British backpacker who drank two shots at a Laos hostel just two days before six people died went blind after she was also ...

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 dark cloud now looms over the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng after Australian teenagers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones ...

Methanol is an alcohol, like the familiar ethanol we consume in alcoholic beverages. Like ethanol, methanol is a colourless, ...

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