The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected ...

The NHS warns that as little as 4ml of methanol can cause hallucinations and blindness. Half an hour to two hours after ...

The U.S. State Department issued a warning to travelers to be “alert to the potential risk of methanol poisoning.” ...

A British backpacker who was given ‘free vodka’ at the Laos hostel at the centre of a suspected mass methanol poisoning told ...

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

The death toll from a suspected adulterated alcohol mass poisoning in Laos rose to six Friday after an Australian teen backpacker died in a hospital in Thailand where she had been transferred for ...

She believed this to be alcoholic. But what is methanol poisoning and what are the symptoms? Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol or wood alcohol, is a highly toxic, colourless, and volatile liquid.

Ian Musgrave has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council to study adverse reactions to herbal medicines and has previously been funded by the Australian Research ...

Methanol is being illegally added to alcohol in some countries with lax liquor laws. Methanol poisoning can pose serious health risks. The issue has come to a head as two Australian teenagers ...

The deaths remain under investigation although early reports suggest that methanol poisoning might have played a part. In 2022, a 38-year-old British woman, Kirsty McKie, died in Bali — two days ...

Here's how methanol poisoning occurs, and some steps you can take to protect yourself while travelling. It's an odourless, colourless and flammable liquid which is the simplest form of alcohol.

An Australian teenager has become the fourth person to die in a suspected mass drink-spiking case in Laos where British tourists have also suffered symptoms of methanol poisoning. Bianca Jones was ...