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Methanol toxicity (also methanol poisoning) is poisoning from methanol, characteristically via ingestion. [1] Symptoms may include an altered/decreased level of consciousness, poor or no coordination, vomiting, abdominal pain, and a specific smell on the breath. [1] [2] Decreased vision may start as early as twelve hours after exposure. [2]
In November 2024, six people died from suspected methanol poisoning at a bar in Vang Vieng, Laos, as a result of consuming contaminated alcohol. At least six others were hospitalised. [1] Authorities linked the poisoning to the illicit production of alcohol containing methanol, a toxic substance. Following the event, the implicated hostel ...
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 ...
Foreign Office advises tourists how to avoid alcohol that may be accidentally toxic or may be counterfeit
An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of ...
Methanol and its vapours are flammable. Moderately toxic for small animals – Highly toxic to large animals and humans (in high concentrations) – May be fatal/lethal or cause blindness and damage to the liver, kidneys, and heart if swallowed – Toxicity effects from repeated over exposure have an accumulative effect on the central nervous system, especially the optic nerve – Symptoms may ...
Methanol poisonings have occurred as an international problem when methanol is part of moonshine (bootleg liquor). Pages in category "Methanol poisoning incidents" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
On the basis of a survey of self-reported minor poisoning carried out in the Asian region, it is estimated that there could be as many as 25 million agricultural workers in the developing world suffering an episode of poisoning each year." [5] In Canada in 2007 more than 6000 cases of acute pesticide poisoning occurred. [40]