The mother of a young backpacker that died of suspected methanol poisoning is campaigning for greater awareness of bootleg ...

The Foreign Office is warning travellers to look out for some key symptoms that could prove fatal. According to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), these concerning signs can take ...

Alcohol tainted with methanol is suspected to be the cause of death of four foreign tourists at the popular backpacker destination of Vang Vieng in Laos. People with suspected methanol poisoning ...

Once ingested, it is metabolized into formaldehyde and formic acid, which can cause multiple organ failure. Symptoms of methanol poisoning may include nausea, repeated vomiting, diarrhea or abdominal ...

In a warning on X, the FCDO outlined the primary symptoms of methanol poisoning, noting that it can be "tricky" to distinguish as the initial effects may resemble those of "regular" alcohol poisoning.

Following a suspected methanol poisoning incident that left six tourists hospitalized ... At that point, eight individuals began showing symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, drowsiness, headache, and ...

What are the symptoms of methanol poisoning? Methanol is highly toxic, so as little as 25ml can prove fatal. Methanol poisoning can be treated by using ethanol to counter the effects on the body ...

The clinical symptoms among the patients with neurological ... alcohol in the same amount and frequency as before the methanol poisoning among both the ones who acquired sequelae after discharge ...