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Methanol poisoning: the silent killer you need to know about

Suspected poisonings continue to claim lives

Methanol poisoning: the silent killer you need to know about
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Daniela Ayoub
18/04/2025 12:30 ‧ 1 month ago | StarsInsider

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Over the last several years, incidents pertaining to methanol poisoning have been an increasing concern throughout some Southeast Asian countries. Methanol is a liquid used to produce things like fuel, plastics, and solvents. It is indistinguishable in taste to ethanol, the compound otherwise known as alcohol. Methanol is sometimes laced in alcoholic drinks as an inexpensive substitute to the presence of ethanol. Methanol poisoning is extremely destructive to the human body, and can provoke permanent loss of vision or even death.

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