The family of a woman who died from suspected methanol poisoning while travelling in south-east Asia have succeeded in their campaign for compulsory education about the issue in schools.
Simone White, a 28-year-old lawyer from Orpington, died in 2024 along with five others after consuming free shots at a hostel in Laos.
The government said it has now updated the curriculum on increasing personal safety while drinking alcohol, including how to avoid poisoning from potentially fatal substances, such as methanol.
But toxicologist Prof Alistair Hay said the difficulty with methanol - which he called a "very potent toxin" - is that nobody will detect it in bootleg alcohol.