The Australian Federal Police has made a consistent offer to assist an investigation into the methanol mass poisoning in Laos. Laos is yet to accept that offer. Laos has failed to accept offers by ...

The pair, alongside four other tourists staying at the Nana Backpackers hostel, died after accidentally consuming methanol. Their parents released a statement after the announcement.

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Best friends Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, both aged 19, were visiting the tourist town of Vang Vieng last November when they suffered suspected methanol poisoning. The Aussies were among dozens ...

The pair were killed alongside four other tourists staying at the Nana Backpackers hostel after accidentally consuming methanol. In an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes journalist Tara Brown ...

When you ingest methanol and your body processes it, it turns into formic acid, which can cause serious symptoms including vision problems, permanent damage to your central nervous system ...

KUCHING: After successfully producing and exporting methanol, Sarawak Petchem Sdn Bhd is now setting sights on another new product – green methanol. Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun ...

In a hybrid cascade, climate-damaging CO 2 is turned back into valuable methanol. An international research team has shown how this works. In order to recover valuable substances from CO 2 ...

He told The Current that drinking even a small amount of methanol is poisonous, as your body breaks it down first into formaldehyde, and then formic acid. "Both of those agents are toxic to all ...

Prof Oliver Jones, a chemist at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, said: “The body converts methanol to formic acid. “Formic acid blocks the action of an enzyme that is critical to ...