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Almost 50 dead in Nigeria after drinking alcohol suspected to contain methanol (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago

You'd have to run industrial scale distilling to get enough methanol off sugar fermentation to be dangerous.

Locals told the AP they suspected a popular herbal drink with high alcohol content, known as “Monkey Tail,” was mixed with methanol, causing the deaths.

A trader who sells the concoction in Odigbo, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of being arrested, told the AP there are two versions of Monkey Tail: an original, safe version, and another version which is unsafe.