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  2. Methanol toxicity - Wikipedia

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    Blindness may occur after drinking as little as 10 mL; death may occur after drinking quantities over 15 mL (median 100 mL, varies depending on body weight). [1] [4] Methanol poisoning most commonly occurs following the drinking of windshield washer fluid. [2] This may be accidental or as part of an attempted suicide.

  3. What is methanol and how does it affect the body?

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    The harm happens hours later as the body attempts to clear it from the body by breaking it down in the liver. This metabolism creates toxic by-products called formaldehyde, formate and formic acid.

  4. What is methanol, symptoms of methanol poisoning and how can ...

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    The US National Institutes of Health says it is well established that methanol has serious acute toxic effects that occur at high levels of exposure. The NHS warns that as little as 4ml of ...

  5. List of methanol poisoning incidents - Wikipedia

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    If as little as 10 ml of pure methanol is ingested, for example, it can break down into formic acid, which can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve, and 30 ml is potentially fatal, [2] although the median lethal dose is typically 100 ml (3.4 fl oz) (i.e. 1–2 ml/kg body weight) of pure methanol. [3] This does not happen ...

  6. Methanol - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Be careful drinking abroad, warns mum of woman who died in Laos

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    "If it can happen to her, it can happen to anybody", the mother of British lawyer Simone White, who died in a suspected poisoning in Laos, has warned. The 28-year-old, from Orpington, south-east ...

  8. Sixth foreign tourist dies of suspected methanol poisoning in ...

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    The New Zealand government has told the BBC that one of its citizens was suspected to have suffered methanol poisoning in Laos. Vang Vieng is a hub for backpackers travelling across south-east Asia.

  9. Fake alcohol deaths highlight SE Asia's methanol problem

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    Asia has the highest prevalence of methanol poisoning worldwide, according to MSF’s database. It mainly affects poorer countries- outbreaks are common in Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Vietnam and ...