Multiple countries voice concerns over toxic alcohol following suspected methanol poisonings
A growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, following the ...
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'Don't drink the spirits': Laos backpackers avoid shots after suspected poisonings
The owners of both have forcefully denied serving any illegal or homemade alcohol. The Nana Backpackers Hostel has closed ...
6 tourists die in Laos due to alcohol poisoning: What is methanol, when it can turn fatal? Explained
Six tourists, including Australians and a British woman, died in Laos, likely from methanol poisoning. The U.S. State ...
How an idyllic Laos village turned into a hedonistic party hotspot
The deaths of six backpackers this week, including British solicitor Simone White, has raised the spectre of a Laotian ...
Three more tourists named in Laos methanol deaths
The local governor visited the hostel in which some of the victims were staying, promising justice for those responsible.
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What is methanol poisoning and how can drinking alcohol cause it?
A string of deaths in Laos tied to tainted alcohol has raised global alarm and renewed concerns about methanol poisoning from ...
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Alcohol use increased during the Covid-19 pandemic. A new study shows that it’s still high
A surge of stress-related drinking and alcohol-related deaths brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic in the US has not tapered ...
Laos vows justice after tainted alcohol kills tourists
The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with ...
Laos methanol poisoning: Two young women killed pictured as death toll rises to six
Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, were among the six young people who died after drinking ...
Two backpackers, 20 & 21, who drank ‘methanol-laced booze’ before ‘vomiting blood for hours’ at Laos hostel among 6 dead
TWO Danish women who were tragically killed in a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos have been pictured. Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and her friend Freja Vennervald, 21, reportedly drank the ...
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Lao government vows justice after tainted alcohol kills tourists
BANGKOK (Reuters) -- The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol and pledged to prosecute those responsible.
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Laos government says ‘profoundly saddened’ by tourist deaths
The Laos government said Saturday it was “profoundly saddened” by the deaths of foreign tourists in Vang Vieng, with the toll ...