• SillyDude@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    You’d have to run industrial scale distilling to get enough methanol off sugar fermentation to be dangerous.

    Locals told the AP they suspected a popular herbal drink with high alcohol content, known as “Monkey Tail,” was mixed with methanol, causing the deaths.

    A trader who sells the concoction in Odigbo, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of being arrested, told the AP there are two versions of Monkey Tail: an original, safe version, and another version which is unsafe.