Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos.
Prof Alastair Hay, an expert in environmental toxicology from the University of Leeds, explained: "Ethanol acts as a ...
Two Australian teenagers have died after a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. A pharmacologist explains what to know about ...
Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in ...
Methanol poisoning can also cause a person to go into a coma. If the methanol is consumed alongside ethanol, it might take ...
The US State Department issued a warning to travelers to be “alert to the potential risk of methanol poisoning.” But what is ...
What makes methanol toxic? The difference is in how methanol is metabolised, or broken down in our bodies. Ethanol is metabolised into a chemical compound called acetaldehyde. Ace ...
Simone White was enjoying a holiday with friends in Laos last week when she accepted a free shot from a bar. The 28-year-old ...
The NHS warns that as little as 4ml of methanol can cause hallucinations and blindness. Half an hour to two hours after ...
A British backpacker and four other people have died in southeast Asia after reports of suspected methanol poisoning.
Methanol is mostly used to make solvents, pesticides, paint thinners, and alternative fuels. It is very similar to ethanol – the pure form of alcohol in alcoholic drinks. But unlike ethanol it has a ...
Bianca Jones, 19, from Australia, was confirmed to have died on Thursday by her family, hours after U.S. officials announced the death of an American man, and days after Danish authorities confirmed ...