A British backpacker and four other people have died in southeast Asia after reports of suspected methanol poisoning. Four people had already died following the poisonings - an Australian named Bianca ...

A string of deaths linked to tainted alcohol has sparked concern among health officials across the world. On Jan. 25, police confirmed that a couple staying at a villa in Vietnam were killed last ...

Six people, including a British backpacker, have died allegedly after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. Two Danes, two Australians and an American have also died after being taken to the hospital with ...

From Laos last month there came the terrible news of a suspected mass methanol poisoning incident in which some six foreign nationals died, with more still in hospital, raising questions about how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The family of a “talented” British lawyer who is among six tourists to have died in Laos from suspected alcohol poisoning have ...

The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has expanded its methanol poisoning warning to cover eight additional countries where incidents have been recorded among British travellers.

A British backpacker who survived the mass methanol poisoning that killed her best friend is calling on the Government to do more to prevent further tragedies. Bethany Clarke and Simone White were ...

A string of deaths in Laos tied to tainted alcohol has raised alarm around the world and renewed concerns about methanol in alcoholic drinks. Last week, six tourists died in Laos from a suspected ...

Methanol-to-olefins (MTO), rapid industrialisation, and use of methanol as an alternative fuel drive the methanol demand.