Laos: Six dead from possible methanol poisoning
Vang Vieng is a town popular with backpackers, usually young people who travel on a budget, and has a reputation for cheap alcohol and partying. According to humanitarian organisation, Medecin Sans Frontieres, Asia has the highest incidence of methanol poisoning, with cases in Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Methanol poisoning: how Laos horror happened
Southeast Asia has the "highest rates of methanol poisoning globally", said Al Jazeera, and this is often blamed on "economic pressures and weak regulations". Laos, despite its increasing popularity with backpackers, is one of the poorest nations in the region.
In the days after backpackers in Laos began falling violently ill due to suspected methanol poisoning, travellers tried desperately to warn each other about the hostel at the centre of the scandal.
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Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following ...
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 ...
Four foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol at a backpacker hotspot in Laos, Western government officials and media said Thursday.
Ms Jones' parents confirmed on Thursday their daughter did not survive the poisoning. Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones has died in hospital after falling victim to a mass methanol poisoning in ...
A week ago their parents had rushed to the hospital bedsides of their ailing daughters in Thailand, after they fell violently ...
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The NHS warns that as little as 4ml of methanol can cause hallucinations and blindness. Half an hour to two hours after ...
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