Calum Macdonald and the families of three people who died in South East Asia call on the Foreign Office for clearer travel ...

Ashley King, now 33, tells PEOPLE how she was poisoned by a fruity cocktail containing methanol, which caused her to go blind ...

Methanol – a colourless, tasteless liquid – is extremely toxic. As little as 60ml can be deadly – that’s less than a triple ...

Calum Macdonald was one of a number of tourists who fell victim to methanol poisoning in the popular tourist destination of ...

Drinking even shop-bought, previously sealed spirits in popular gap year destinations is like “Russian roulette”, a ...

Calum Macdonald, 23, saw a 'kaleidoscopic, blinding light' in his eyes before losing his sight after a methanol poisoning in ...

Kuwait has shut down 10 illegal methanol factories following a series of poisoning incidents that killed 23, primarily ...

A British backpacker who consumed methanol-tainted alcohol at a hostel in Laos – which claimed the lives of two Australian ...

Travelers have been warned to avoid unsealed drinks abroad after methanol poisoning cases allegedly cause blindness and death ...

Macdonald was crossing into Vietnam from Vang Vieng when he first noticed a “kaleidoscopic blinding light” in his eyes.

Methanol-tainted alcohol at a Laos hostel killed six tourists and blinded a British man, raising urgent safety concerns for travellers.

Simone White died last year, less than three weeks after her 28th birthday, after drinking shots at a hostel bar in Laos.