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Methanol-tainted Nigeria drink kills 48, 182 made ill: government

South China Morning Post · 19. rujna 2026. · Scrapirano prije 32d
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Nigeria’s food and drug regulator on Saturday said alcoholic concoctions tainted with methanol killed 48 people and sickened 182 in recent weeks. The deaths occurred in three districts of Nigeria’s southwestern Ondo state after victims consumed the locally brewed mixture, which local media said is known as “Monkey Tail”. Methanol is highly toxic and causes death by organ failure as well as blindness. The country’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said five...

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