Methanol Toxicity Outbreaks in the Americas: Strengthening National Prevention and Response Measures

Bienvenido Antonio Veras-Estévez; Helena Jeanine Chapman

2022, Number 2

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MEDICC Review 2022; 24 (2)

Methanol Toxicity Outbreaks in the Americas: Strengthening National Prevention and Response Measures

Veras-Estévez BA, Chapman HJ

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Unintentional poisonings remain a substantial global health challenge, resulting in an estimated 106,683 deaths and 6.3 million disability-adjusted life years in 2016. Of these poisonings, methanol toxicity results from the metabolic breakdown of ingested methanol found in cleaning products, antifreeze, paints, and harmful and potentially lethal acidic compounds, among others. Consumption of tainted alcoholic beverages has recently been documented as one source of toxic exposure whose clinical diagnosis and management is too often delayed.

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