Methanol

Methanol has the same effects as ethanol, but also makes people blind.

Methanol can damage the optic nerve.

Even a small amount of methanol can cause blindness.

Methanol is also known as wood alcohol.

Methanol is also called wood alcohol.

Methanol is far more toxic than ethanol.

The methanol was detected in the region that is equivalent to where Pluto and comets are found in our own solar system.

Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to state-affiliated media in the Southeast Asian country.