US EditionBrazilians avoid drinking after authorities confirm methanol poisoning cases, including 1 death
Methanol-tainted counterfeit spirits caused at least 11 confirmed poisonings and one death, prompting consumers to avoid cocktails and bars to suspend spirit sales, health officials said.
- Health Minister Alexandre Padilha urged Brazilians to avoid drinking, particularly distilled beverages, due to methanol poisoning cases and one confirmed death.
- The Health Ministry confirmed 11 cases of poisoning linked to alcoholic beverages and is investigating 102 suspected cases.
- Warnings from authorities and doctors have caused panic among many Brazilians.
- Jessica Ávila expressed concern, stating, 'With all these cases that keep coming up and more deaths being reported each day, it’s alarming'.
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Brazilians avoid drinking after authorities confirm methanol poisoning cases, including 1 death
Authorities in Brazil have issued warnings about methanol poisoning linked to distilled beverages. The Health Ministry confirmed 11 cases and is investigating 102 more.
Brazilians avoid drinking after authorities confirm methanol poisoning cases, including 1 death
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The first clue is often blurred vision. In São Paulo this year, people left bars feeling off—headache, nausea, then a snowstorm in their sight. By the time they reached emergency rooms, some were already losing their vision. Doctors knew the culprit: methanol, an industrial alcohol that sometimes slips into counterfeit or “stretched” spirits because it’s […]
Authorities and clients of bars in Brazil, are on alert after the record of a wave of poisoning by adulterated alcoholic beverages, which can be fatal. On Saturday alone 195 cases of methanol poisoning were reported, a highly dangerous alcohol that should not be used in distillates. Most of the cases are in [...] The article Alert in Brazil for alcohol poisoning appeared first in: 88.9 News.
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