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Foreign victims named in suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos
Methanol is highly toxic and as little as one shot can be fatal. It is difficult to distinguish from ethanol, the alcohol found in beer, wine, and spirits, because it is colourless, odourless, and ...
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Laos hostel owner detained in methanol-tainted alcohol poisonings that killed six tourists
Employees of a Laotian hostel were detained after an American tourist and five others died from suspected methanol ...
What is methanol and how does it affect the body?
Prof Alastair Hay, an expert in environmental toxicology from the University of Leeds, explained: "Ethanol acts as a ...
What is methanol? How does it get into drinks and cause harm?
Two Australian teenagers are severely ill in hospital in Thailand after experiencing suspected methanol poisoning while they ...
Six tourists died in Laos after apparently drinking methanol. What is it and why was it in drinks?
The US State Department issued a warning to travelers to be “alert to the potential risk of methanol poisoning.” But what is ...
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Free shots and beer buckets in party town at centre of suspected methanol deaths
They are among six foreign tourists who have died from what is believed to be a mass incident of methanol poisoning in Vang ...
A 'silent killer' in a 'forgotten crisis'. Here's where methanol poisonings happen most
Six people, including two Australian teenagers, have died from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. But incidents are more ...
Laos methanol poisoning: Teen was 'living her best life' before being served 'poisoned shots'
Six people have so far died after the methanol poisoning in Vng Vieng, Laos, including Brit Simone White, an American, two ...