(CBS NEWS)- Costa Rica has issued a national alert about tainted alcohol after 19 people were confirmed to have died over the past few weeks from methanol poisoning. The government says several ...

Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of ...

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a ...

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 ...

Another 19-year-old remains in critical condition as authorities say drinks in the backpacker town of Vang Vieng, Laos, were spiked with methanol Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto via Getty Four people have ...

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The empty bar of Nana Backpackers hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos on Nov. 22. Anupam Nath / AP A string of deaths in Laos tied to tainted alcohol has raised alarm around the world and renewed concerns ...

Ethanol is the safe, consumable alcohol found in popular alcoholic beverages like whisky, rum, vodka, gin, and country liquor ...

The death toll in the suspected hooch tragedy that struck Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad has risen to 18, with investigators alleging that methanol was deliberately mixed into liquor to increase profits, ...

A string of deaths in Laos tied to tainted alcohol has raised alarm around the world and renewed concerns about methanol in alcoholic drinks. Last week, six tourists died in Laos from a suspected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A string of deaths linked to tainted alcohol has sparked concern among health officials across the world. On Jan. 25, police ...