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This is a partial list of alcohol poisonings in India. These incidents are often – but not exclusively – associated with methanol poisoning of the victims, where toxic methyl alcohol is used as a cheap way, as compared to the proper use of ethanol , to increase the alcohol content of moonshine .
The 2020 Punjab alcohol poisoning was an incident in late July and early August 2020, where at least 100 people died after drinking illegally-made toxic alcohol in Punjab, India. [3] Hundreds of raids were conducted in the three affected districts - Amritsar , Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran - along with several other places in and around the Rajpura ...
2024 Laos methanol poisoning: In November 2024, six foreign tourists, including two Australian teenagers, two Danish women, one British lawyer, and one American tourist, died of suspected methanol poisoning after consuming laced alcohol at the Nana Backpackers Hostel in the town of Vang Vieng, Laos. Several others were hospitalized in Thailand ...
From 1999 to 2020, the number of alcohol-related deaths has nearly doubled, according to Florida Atlantic University study. A researcher and addiction specialists discuss the risk factors.
1992 Odisha liquor deaths; 2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu alcohol poisonings; 2009 Gujarat alcohol poisonings; 2012 Odisha alcohol poisonings; 2016 Bihar alcohol poisonings; 2019 India alcohol poisoning; 2022 Gujarat alcohol poisoning
1992 Odisha liquor deaths; 2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu alcohol poisonings; 2009 Gujarat alcohol poisonings; 2011 Turkish Riviera mass alcohol poisoning; 2012 Czech Republic methanol poisonings; 2016 Irkutsk mass methanol poisoning; 2019 India alcohol poisoning; 2022 Gujarat alcohol poisoning; 2024 Thailand methanol poisoning
Deaths from illicit liquor are common in India, where illegally manufactured alcohol is often consumed for reasons including poverty and geographic isolation. Bootleggers have been known to add methanol , a toxic substance used in antifreeze, to such brews; it can also be present because of a mistake in the distilling process.
Details on the alcohol poisoning began trickling out about a week after the two Australian women fell ill on Nov. 13 following a night out drinking with a group in the remote town. Thai authorities confirmed that Jones had died by “brain swelling due to high levels of methanol found in her system.”