2024 Laos methanol poisoning - Wikipedia
In November 2024, six people died from suspected methanol poisoning at a bar in Vang Vieng, Laos, as a result of consuming contaminated alcohol. At least six others were hospitalised. [1] Authorities linked the poisoning to the illicit production of …
6 tourists died in Laos after apparently drinking methanol. What …
Nov 22, 2024 · BANGKOK (AP) — Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. An American man and two Danes also died, though their exact causes of death have not been released. A New Zealander also has been sickened.
Laos methanol poisoning: Fifth tourist dies after 'tainted drinks'
Nov 21, 2024 · British lawyer Simone White has become the fifth tourist to have died in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos, south-east Asia.
Suspected methanol poisonings in Laos explained : NPR
Nov 23, 2024 · Last week, six tourists died in Laos from a suspected outbreak of methanol poisoning, the Associated Press reported. Among those who died, there were two people from Australia, two from...
Laos methanol poisoning: Fifth tourist dies after 'tainted drinks
Nov 21, 2024 · Australian, New Zealand and UK authorities have each warned their citizens to be careful of methanol poisoning when consuming alcohol in Laos. Nana Backpacker Hostel, where the two Australian...
2 dead, 10 ill from apparent alcohol poisoning in Lao tourist town …
Two Danish citizens have died and as many as 10 other foreign nationals are severely ill after ingesting what is believed to be alcohol tainted with methanol in the Lao tourist town of Vang...
Fake alcohol deaths highlight SE Asia's methanol problem - BBC
Nov 21, 2024 · Suspected methanol poisoning from tainted drinks has reportedly killed six tourists in a Laos holiday town in the past fortnight. A British woman, two Australian women, a US man and two Danish...
Laos methanol poisonings: Father of Australian teen who died …
Nov 25, 2024 · The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a plea to the Laos government to fully investigate his daughter’s death...
Laos mourns methanol poisoning death of tourists - DW
Nov 23, 2024 · Two Australians, two Danes, an American, and a Briton have died following a night out in tourist hot spot Vang Vieng. Alcohol laced with methanol is believed to be the cause of their deaths.
Suspected methanol poisonings in Laos; American among 5 …
Nov 21, 2024 · An American is among at least five tourists who have died in recent days after visiting a town in Laos where tainted alcohol is suspected to be the cause behind a series of methanol poisoning...