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, ...

The toxic chemical is a form of alcohol that is used industrially as a solvent, pesticide or an alternative source of fuel. It is not used in the production of alcohol sold for human consumption.

Six people, including a British backpacker, have died allegedly after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. Two Danes, two Australians and an American have also died after being taken to the hospital with ...

Eight countries have been added to a UK Foreign Office list warning of the risks of methanol poisoning from counterfeit or tainted alcoholic drinks. Ecuador, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. An American man and two Danes also died, though their ...

A string of deaths in Laos tied to tainted alcohol has raised alarm around the world and renewed concerns about methanol in alcoholic drinks. Last week, six tourists died in Laos from a suspected ...

Rolls-Royce has successfully tested what it calls the world’s first high-speed marine engine powered entirely by methanol, ...

A survivor of a mass methanol poisoning in Laos says an influencer campaign designed to warn young travellers about the ...

Bruna Araújo de Souza had been in hospital after ingesting vodka with peach juice [Instagram] A 30-year-old woman has become the third person to die from methanol poisoning in the Brazilian state of ...

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The Danish investment giant A.P. Moller Holding has created a business named Vioneo to make polypropylene and polyethylene in Antwerp, Belgium, from green methanol rather than oil or natural gas.