Current Events > 11 dead & 300 treated after drinking coconut wine in the Philippines

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-poisoning-idUSKBN1YR05A

At least 11 people have been killed and more than 300 treated in hospital after drinking coconut wine in the Philippines, including some who were celebrating at a Christmas party, health and local authorities said on Monday.
The poisoning occurred in Laguna and Quezon, two provinces south of Manila, and all had consumed lambanog, a drink popular in provinces and consumed widely during holidays and celebrations.
Many were admitted to hospitals on the urging of mayor Vener Munoz in Rizal, Laguna, where the deaths occurred between Thursday and Sunday.

Two people who had been in critical condition were improving, he told local radio. The coconut wine that was consumed had been made in his town, he added.
Blood tests and samples of leftover lambanog would be collected and analyzed on Monday, the Department of Health said.
"All had a sad history of lambanog ingestion," the department said, referring to those poisoned.
"Some bought for leisure drinking and birthday party, while others were donated by local officials during their Christmas party."
Unregulated production and sales of lambanog are common in the Philippines, and it is often made illegally with dangerous additives.

The country's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has previously warned about the dangerous and prohibited use of methanol as an additive in home brews.

A year ago, the FDA and police were deployed to locate and confiscate unregistered lambanog that was being openly sold to the public, and threatened to prosecute sellers.
Twenty-one people died after consuming lambanog last year, media reported.

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boxington posted...

unregulated production and sales of lambanog are common in the Philippines, and it is often made illegally with dangerous additives.

damn :(. that's how they got screwed over.
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Expected methanol. Got methanol.

Frequently an issue with home brewed stuff.

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Ugh. That's terrible. I have no words.

boxington posted...

methanol

I thought a single ounce of that could kill a man.
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King Rial posted...

I thought a single ounce of that could kill a man.

Pretty much. They always made sure to point out how dangerous it was during chemistry.

The ethanol they just left on the tables for us to clean with lol.
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King Rial posted...

I thought a single ounce of that could kill a man.

Pure methanol? Yes.
But most people can have more of it if it is with ethanol. That said, if you get poisoned by it then there is an extremely high chance that you die. And if you survive, there is a big chance that you will get brain damage and go blind.

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I love coconuts. These guys are careless.
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GiftedACIII posted...

These guys are careless.

we're all careless sometimes :(.
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Why would you want to drink something that's obviously not regulated by the FDA?

21WIVES_CHILL posted...

Why would you want to drink something that's obviously not regulated by the FDA?

Cheap?
And seeing how many they were, they might not even know if it was homebrew or not.

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yea, it's saying that a lot of people drank it during parties, and in some cases, that local officials gave it to them

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21WIVES_CHILL posted...

Why would you want to drink something that's obviously not regulated by the FDA?

People dont think sometimes.

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Oh damn im actually in the philippines right now too. Better be careful whats being sold then. Sucks for those people that are hospitalized and died.

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