The Foreign Office has extended its methanol poisoning warning to a further eight countries, including Mexico and Japan.
The FCDO is running a methanol poisoning campaign (Credit: Foreign Office)
The expanded list builds on guidance issued for Laos, Thailand and Vietnam and several other countries, which was issued following the deaths of six tourists in Laos last year.
Among them was 28-year-old Simone White, whose mother Sue – a Go Travel agent – has campaigned to raise awareness of the dangers of drinking unlicensed alcohol overseas.
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