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A string of deaths across the world have been linked to alcohol tainted with methanol, raising alarm among health officials. Here’s how to stay safe while traveling.

Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following a mass methanol poisoning in Laos, including Melbourne teenagers Bianca … ...

Methanol is an alcohol, like the familiar ethanol we consume in alcoholic beverages. Like ethanol, methanol is a colourless, flammable liquid. It has a smell similar to ethanol as well.

Methanol is difficult to differentiate from ethanol. According to the institute, drinking just 25ml (or less than two tablespoons) to 90ml of methanol can be fatal without proper medical treatment.

Homemade alcohol, popular in southeast Asia, may accidentally contain too much methanol because of the distillation process. Or it may be used as a cheap substitute for ethanol – effectively a ...

Methanol can be deadly if ingested by humans (Picture: Getty Images) Six people have died in Laos over the past fortnight because of drinking alcohol suspected to be poisoned with methanol.. This ...

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected methanol poisoning outbreak.

Toxicity from methanol is related to the dose you get and how your body handles it. As with alcohol, the less you weigh, the more you can be affected by a given amount.