Two Australian teenagers are severely ill in hospital in Thailand after experiencing suspected methanol poisoning while they were traveling in Laos. The pair are reportedly among several foreign ...

Methanol intoxication is an uncommon but very serious poisoning that mainly results from accumulation of methanol and its metabolites such as formic acid and lactic acid in the body. This toxic ...

I’m a big-time chemical and a clue to how chemists are celebrating Earth Week this year. What molecule am I? Formic acid is the simplest carboxylic acid. Its discovery in the distillation products of ...

Another tourist has died due to suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, the fourth person to pass away in what some believe might be a mass poisoning incident. Bianca Jones, 19, from Australia, was ...

Tiny organic molecules could become powerful allies in the fight against “forever chemicals,” according to a new study that ...

In Costa Rica, 19 people have died after drinking alcohol tainted with methanol. Nineteen people in Costa Rica have died after consuming alcohol tainted with harmful levels of methanol. The Costa ...

Ian Musgrave has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council to study adverse reactions to herbal medicines and has previously been funded by the Australian Research Council ...