Vang Vieng: What to know about the Laos backpacker town at center of suspected methanol poisonings
The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in ...
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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 ...
Multiple countries voice concerns over toxic alcohol following suspected methanol poisonings
A growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, following the ...
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 ...
Vang Vieng methanol poisonings: Laos government breaks silence on party town tourist deaths
Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular ...
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'Don't drink the spirits': Laos backpackers avoid shots after suspected poisonings
It is believed their alcoholic drinks may have contained methanol, an industrial chemical often used ... since the deaths ...
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 ...