Months after the deaths of Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, their families say they are furious at the lack of information from Lao authorities and want travellers to boycott the country until a proper ...

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Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after an incident in Vang Vieng, Laos ...

UK tourists have been issued a warning from the Foreign Office over an increase in the number of deaths and serious illness ...

The parents of two Melbourne teenagers who died of methanol poisoning in Laos have urged Australians to boycott the country until it investigates their daughters’ deaths.

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has raised the alarm for UK travellers about a spike in fatalities and ...

A growing awareness of the risk of accidental methanol poisoning in Southeast Asia is apparently changing backpacker drinking habits.More young people travelling in the region now say they feel "extra ...

There have been isolated incidents of this 'Russian poteen', typically diluted with orange juice and transported in plastic ...

Simone White, 28, was one of six tourists who tragically died following a mass methanol poisoning at a hostel bar in Vang Vieng, Laos, last November. Speaking to 60 Minutes, a popular Australian ...

“So it’s, it’s very much a silent killer.” Despite the six deaths, Mr Bowles said nobody has heard anything from the Laos government about their investigation into the methanol poisoning. Bianca’s ...

Bethany has started a petition for UK schools to educate children about methanol poisoning. And Ms White is calling for testing strips to be made widely available at an affordable cost for ...