[Drinking] Methanol poisoning

Petunia

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• Nov 22, 2024

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Please make your youngsters aware of this if they are planning on doing a backpacking trip across Asia.
It’s been pretty big on the news here but it may not have had much coverage in the UK even though a British woman has died. So sad

Six people are dead after a suspected mass methanol poisoning at a backpacker party town. What went wrong in Laos?

As authorities detain a hostel owner in Vang Vieng, expert says the recent deaths are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’

www.theguardian.com

 

OzMike

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• Nov 22, 2024

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This is tragic and so avoidable, really feel for the poor parents.

 

Simster

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• Nov 22, 2024

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My son is in Laos right now. As soon as I heard yesterday, I WhatsAppd him with the news. It turns out that they are all well aware of it now.

 

Thunder Bolt

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• Nov 22, 2024

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It is being covered over here. It’s horrific.

Laos: Parents 'devastated' over daughter's suspected poisoning death

Simone White died in Laos after drinking alcohol suspected to have been laced with methanol.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

Harry Wilson's tackle

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Cutting booze with methanol is as mad as cutting baby food with ground glass.

Whoever did this can spend a year in a Laos jail as far as I'm concerned (where the life expectancy is 9 months).

 

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Bars advertising Free shots!

The kids just need to apply one of life's basic rules. If something seems too good to be true, it probably is!

Very sad that profiteering this way costs lives ...

 

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cheesy77

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When I was in Thailand most places at the beach parties were selling a bottle of vodka, gin, whisky and mixer to drink out of a sandcastle bucket. It wasn't very clear what the spirits were but they certainly weren't branded bottles. Didn't think much of it at the time. I was obviously fine but this is very sad news and hopefully will raise awareness for others

 

Bakero

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Oct 9, 2010

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• Nov 23, 2024

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

Cutting booze with methanol is as mad as cutting baby food with ground glass.

Whoever did this can spend a year in a Laos jail as far as I'm concerned (where the life expectancy is 9 months).

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They won't be cutting it with methanol but rather not getting rid of it in the distillation process. When making moonshine, you should chuck out the first bit of the distillation as it has high levels of methanol but it seems in this case they messed up though ignorance or greed.

 

Petunia

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Simster said:

My son is in Laos right now. As soon as I heard yesterday, I WhatsAppd him with the news. It turns out that they are all well aware of it now.

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Wow, that must have been scary.

 

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maffew

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• Nov 23, 2024

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cheesy77 said:

When I was in Thailand most places at the beach parties were selling a bottle of vodka, gin, whisky and mixer to drink out of a sandcastle bucket. It wasn't very clear what the spirits were but they certainly weren't branded bottles. Didn't think much of it at the time. I was obviously fine but this is very sad news and hopefully will raise awareness for others

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f***ing good bucket.
Copious amounts consumed at the full moon party at Haad Rin