Methanol, aldehyde found in deadly southern Vietnam rice wine
Published: 05/02/2010 05:00
Rice wine with excessive chemical substances added to it killed five people and sent 23 to hospital between Saturday and Monday in the central province of Ninh Thuan, a local health official said on Wednesday. | |||||||
Ninh Thuan Health Department Director Le Minh Dinh said tests showed that two-third of the liquorâs samples taken from shops in Ma Trai Hamlet in Phuoc Chien Commune contained methanol amounts 192 times higher than regulated. A chemical usually used in paint and fuel, methanol is highly toxic for humans. As little as 100 milliliters of methanol can cause blindness. Vietnam limits methanol to 0.1 milligrams per liter for liquor. The samples of rice wine, locally known as ruou trang, were also found containing aldehyde, another toxic chemical, in quantities seven times higher than regulated 20 milligrams per liter, according to the tests conducted at the Pasteur Institute in the central province of Khanh Hoaâs Nha Trang. Nguyen Nhi Linh, director of Ninh Thuan Preventive Health Department, said high levels of methanol and aldehyde could cause swollen liver, mental paralysis, and blindness, not to mention death in a few hours. According to the health department, two of the 23 people hospitalized were at risk of becoming blind. Reported by Thien Nhan |
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