Six tourists who were staying at a youth hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, died of methanol poisoning in November 2024. The methanol was believed to be in contaminated drinks. Methanol – a colourless, ...

At least 25 people have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking 90p bottles of bootleg vodka. Elevated levels of methanol were found in the bodies of the deceased in Russia’s Leningrad ...

The British government recently added eight countries to its list of travel warnings related to the risk of methanol poisoning from tainted alcohol. The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and ...

The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has expanded its methanol poisoning warning to cover eight additional countries where incidents have been recorded among British travellers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Travel warnings were issued for eight countries due to the risk of methanol poisoning from fake alcohol, the United Kingdom ...

It was supposed to be a night out with friends, but it left one Canadian high school grad poisoned — and permanently blind — after drinking cocktails tainted with methanol. Ashley King, then 18, was ...

A bill has been put forward in the United Kingdom to make guidance about the risks of methanol poisoning clear in travel advice after the deaths of several people, including one American, in Laos in ...

A new Barron’s report describes more than 100 cases of suspected methanol poisoning in and around São Paulo, including at least one confirmed death. From upscale bars to beachfront kiosks, Brazilians ...