So what is methanol, and how does it make people sick? Methanol is an alcohol, like the familiar ethanol we consume in alcoholic beverages. Like ethanol, methanol is a colourless, flammable liquid.

Methanol is a liquid used to produce things like fuel, plastics, and solvents. It is indistinguishable in taste from ethanol, ...

Some cases can be treated using alcohol (ethanol) to outcompete the methanol metabolism. But this has to be done quickly. Prof Alastair Hay, an expert in environmental toxicology from the ...

British lawyer Simone White has become the fifth tourist to have died in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos, south-east Asia.

Methanol poisoning is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition that arises when methanol—a type of alcohol widely used in industrial applications—is ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through ...