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Calum Macdonald and the families of three people who died in South East Asia call on the Foreign Office for clearer travel ...
Calum Macdonald was one of a number of tourists who fell victim to methanol poisoning in the popular tourist destination of ...
Kuwait has shut down 10 illegal methanol factories following a series of poisoning incidents that killed 23, primarily ...
Methanol – a colourless, tasteless liquid – is extremely toxic. As little as 60ml can be deadly – that’s less than a triple ...
Calum Macdonald, 23, saw a 'kaleidoscopic, blinding light' in his eyes before losing his sight after a methanol poisoning in ...
Macdonald was crossing into Vietnam from Vang Vieng when he first noticed a “kaleidoscopic blinding light” in his eyes.
A British backpacker left blind after drinking tainted alcohol which killed six fellow tourists in Laos has spoken out about his ordeal for the first time. Calum Macdonald, 23, survived a mass ...
Methanol poisoning from contaminated alcohol in Kuwait has killed 13 people and blinded 21 others. Around 40 Indians are ...
67 people were arrested and accused of producing and distributing bootleg alcohol in Kuwait after 23 people died and more ...
Kuwait's health ministry reported 63 cases of methanol poisoning from contaminated alcoholic drinks in five days, resulting ...
Kuwait has reported 13 deaths, 21 vision loss cases from methanol poisoning linked to illicit alcohol within five days.
Kuwait bans the import or domestic production of alcoholic beverages, but some is manufactured in the country illegally in ...