The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected ...
The U.S. State Department issued a warning to travelers to be “alert to the potential risk of methanol poisoning.” ...
The NHS warns that as little as 4ml of methanol can cause hallucinations and blindness. Half an hour to two hours after ...
The deaths of five tourists after apparently drinking tainted drinks highlight the wider issue of bootleg alcohol.
The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, ...
A fifth person, identified as a British woman, has died in connection with a mass alcohol poisoning incident at a tourist ...
A British backpacker who was given ‘free vodka’ at the Laos hostel at the centre of a suspected mass methanol poisoning told ...
Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos BANGKOK -- Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from ...
The family of a “talented” British lawyer who is among six tourists to have died in Laos from suspected alcohol poisoning have paid ... Australian teenager becomes sixth to die in Laos ‘methanol ...
Methanol poisoning is treated by stopping the alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme from creating toxic by-products. "This can be accomplished by either using a drug to inhibit the enzyme directly or by ...