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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 ...
Methanol – a colourless, tasteless liquid – is extremely toxic. As little as 60ml can be deadly – that’s less than a triple ...
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 ...
Calum Macdonald, 23, saw a 'kaleidoscopic, blinding light' in his eyes before losing his sight after a methanol poisoning in ...
A British backpacker who consumed methanol-tainted alcohol at a hostel in Laos – which claimed the lives of two Australian ...
Methanol-tainted alcohol at a Laos hostel killed six tourists and blinded a British man, raising urgent safety concerns for travellers.
Macdonald was crossing into Vietnam from Vang Vieng when he first noticed a “kaleidoscopic blinding light” in his eyes.
Methanol poisoning from contaminated alcohol in Kuwait has killed 13 people and blinded 21 others. Around 40 Indians are ...
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 ...