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Several died of wine in Cambodia

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In the village of Cambodia, dozens of people have died in recent months after drinking toxic home-brewed alcohol. In the village of Thnong in Kampot province, a bad batch of rice wine left several dead.

The wine was drunk just after a funeral in the village.

Over 30 died

It is BBC which mentions the incident, when a larger group of people consumed the poisonous rice wine during a funeral.

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Eight people died from the drink from the funeral, and 50 were sent to hospital for treatment. Two other people, who did not attend the funeral, also died from the same batch of wine.

Mass poisoning is one of three cases in Cambodia in less than a month, which has resulted in at least 30 deaths. Thirteen people died in Pursat province in early June, and at least 12 people lost their lives in Kandal in May.

The researchers’ findings in the wine

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Tests of the wine from the funeral showed that attempts to increase the strength of the drink had resulted in lethal levels of methanol.

Methanol poisoning is not an unknown problem in villages in Cambodia – home-brewed is popular at weddings, village festivals and funerals which is a cheaper alternative to commercially produced beer and spirits.

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