The British Foreign Office has updated the list of countries where one can be poisoned by alcohol.
The updated list, which is posted on the official FCDO website, now includes eight new countries: Ecuador, Kenya, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Uganda, and Russia. Previously, the list included Cambodia, Indonesia, Turkey, Costa Rica, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and Fiji. The department clarified that methanol is a dangerous chemical that is sometimes added to alcoholic beverages to reduce costs. It has neither taste nor smell, making it difficult to detect. Even small doses of this substance can