The government must do more to heighten awareness of the risk of methanol poisoning while abroad: that is the message from family and friends of British victims who unwittingly consumed drinks ...

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While backpacking in Bali during a gap year after high school, Ashley King, then 18, went to an “upscale nightclub” with friends and had some cocktails Two days later, Ashley, who hails from Calgary, ...

It’s just after 9pm on a dusty street in Vang Vieng, and it’s noticeably quiet.

Employees of a Laotian hostel were detained after an American tourist and five others died from suspected methanol poisoning following a night of drinking tainted booze. The owner and manager of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. Six foreign tourists, including an unnamed U.S. man, have died of suspected methanol ...

Six tourists who were staying at a youth hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, died of methanol poisoning in November 2024. The methanol was believed to be in contaminated drinks. Methanol – a colourless, ...

Background: Mass poisonings with methanol are rare but occur regularly both in developed and in developing countries. Data from the poisoning episodes are often published, but follow-up-data is scarce ...