Methanol in alcoholic drinks kills thousands every year. How does this toxic compound enter drinks, why is it dangerous and ...

This piece is part of a series of essays on alcohol history. You can read more here. The collective pop cultural image of alcoholic Prohibition during the height of the Roaring Twenties tends to be ...

Batches of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer were recently recalled due to contamination by methanol, which is too toxic to be used for this purpose. How did the methanol get into batches of alcohol? A ...