The Brazilian Ministry of Health has issued an urgent nationwide alert following a cluster of suspected cases of methanol ...

When Calum Macdonald arrived at the Vietnamese border, he couldn't read the administrative forms in front of him. All he could see was a "kaleidoscopic blinding light". He had just stepped off an ...

Six tourists who were staying at a youth hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, died of methanol poisoning in November 2024. The methanol was believed to be in contaminated drinks. Methanol – a colourless, ...

A man in Brazil died days after drinking a vodka cocktail laced with an invisible killer — industrial methanol. The colorless liquid is now responsible for an ongoing health crisis that has triggered ...

A British man who went blind after suffering from methanol poisoning while travelling in Laos has described the moments before he lost his sight. Calum Macdonald was one of a number of tourists who ...