On Jan. 25, police confirmed that a couple staying at a villa in Vietnam were killed last month by methanol poisoning, likely from contaminated alcohol after consuming tainted "homemade ...

Young Aussies and school leavers will be warned of the dangers of drinking alcohol overseas and taught how to protect ...

Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, the 19-year-olds who died from methanol poisoning while on holiday in Laos, were “foremost in ...

The suspected mass poisoning of six tourists in Laos last week has sent shockwaves through the backpacker scene, and highlighted Southeast Asia's problem with tainted alcohol. A Briton ...

A bartender in Vietnam is under arrest for allegedly making a deadly drink using medical alcohol that killed a British woman and her fiancé.

The couple may have drunk tainted alcohol and succumbed to poisoning, possibly from deadly methanol, which has been the cause of death in a growing number of poisoning deaths. Neighbours on the ...

Such poisonings are relatively common in Turkey, where clandestine production is widespread and bootleg alcohol is often tainted with methanol, a toxic substance that can cause blindness ...

Months after the deaths of Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, their families say they are furious at the lack of information from Lao authorities and want travellers to boycott the country until a proper ...

“Unregulated alcohol may be contaminated, and U.S. citizens have reported losing consciousness or becoming injured after consuming tainted alcohol,” the Embassy states. In cases of sexual ...

A string of deaths linked to tainted alcohol has sparked concern among health officials across the world. On Jan. 25, police confirmed that a couple staying at a villa in Vietnam were killed last ...