If labels, smell or taste seem wrong then do not drink." Travellers are being warned of the dangers of methanol poisoning after six tourists to Laos have died. Methanol is an industrial chemical ...

As a result, a person exposed to methanol can go into severe metabolic acidosis, which is when too much acid builds up in the body. Methanol poisoning can cause nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.

British backpacker and lawyer Simone White, 28, from Orpington in Kent was among those to have died from suspected methanol poisoning after allegedly being served free drinks in Laos‘s Vang ...