Two Australians are among six people dead in a suspected outbreak of methanol-tainted drinks.
An American man and two Danes also died, though their exact causes of death have not been released. A New Zealander also has been sickened.
Holly Bowles and her best friend Bianca Jones , aged 19, died in Thailand after drinking tainted alcohol. According to the Methanol Institute, the global trade association for the industry, drinking just 25 to 90 millilitres of methanol can be fatal without proper medical treatment, but can be successfully treated if caught early.
"Some will be able to tolerate more than others because we all have variability in the capacity of our enzymes to detox. But small quantities ... might be fatal for individuals; others may survive slightly more."Methanol is sometimes added deliberately by unscrupulous bars to mixed drinks to give them more "kick" and to save money on using higher-priced ethanol-based spirits such as vodka or rum.
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