Methanol in alcoholic drinks kills thousands every year. How does this toxic compound enter drinks, why is it dangerous and ...

The full list of countries listed as posing a risk of methanol poisoning are: Brazil, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Costa Rica, ...

The list was expanded after an increase in serious illness and death from tainted alcoholic drinks. Previously, the FCDO's ...

Breathalyzers are a frequently used tool to measure the amount of ethanol in someone’s breath, which relates to their blood alcohol content. However, alcoholic beverages contaminated by methanol ...

While investigating the deaths of two people who had drunk vodka purchased at the same bar, police in Brazil uncovered a ...

Professor Zhongkui Zhao of Dalian University of Technology, in collaboration with Professor Riguang Zhang of Taiyuan ...

A fresh warning has been put out that affects anyone who gets hangovers after drinking alcohol. Hangovers happen due to ...

The Foreign Office is running a campaign to advise on reducing risks and recognising symptoms of methanol poisoning. The ...

A 44-year-old man in the Southwest, seeking medical treatment after his vision suddenly deteriorated in late spring, admitted that he had been drinking hand sanitizer for a few days. Blood tests ...

A survivor of last year's Laos mass methanol poisoning has started a campaign to educate travellers on the dangers of the toxic form of alcohol.

Japanese classification society ClassNK has released a new edition of its guidelines with clearer safety rules for methanol- and ethanol-fuelled ships. The updated guidelines add new explanations on ...