Methanol-tainted Nigeria drink kills 48, 182 made ill: government
Nigeriaโs 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 Nigeriaโs southwestern Ondo state after victims consumed the locally brewed mixture, which local media said is known as โMonkey Tailโ. Methanol is highly toxic and causes death by organ failure as well as blindness. The countryโs National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said five...