Two Australian teenagers, Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones , have died following incidents of suspected methanol poisoning while they were travelling in Laos . They are among six tourists reported to have died – along with a British woman , an American and two Danes – due to falling ill after unknowingly consuming alcoholic drinks containing methanol. So what is methanol, and how does it make people sick? Methanol versus ethanol Methanol is a type of alcohol , like the familiar ethanol we consume in alcoholic beverages.
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