It's summer holidays in Australia, which for some means jumping on a plane and heading overseas. Depending on the destination, that next beachside cocktail might be best avoided. Prompted by recent media stories of holiday makers being poisoned by methanol, Stacey distils the chemistry of alcohol and shakes lose the science behind a fatal beverage. Plus why is beer safe, our bodily response to methanol poisoning and how it's treated.

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