What is methanol? How does it get into drinks and cause harm?
- Written by Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
cdrin/ShutterstockTwo Australian teenagers are severely ill in hospital in Thailand after experiencing suspected methanol poisoning while they were travelling in Laos.
The pair are reportedly among several foreign nationals to become ill after unknowingly consuming alcoholic drinks containing methanol in the south-east Asian country.
So what is...





