They seize product that they believe to be laced with methanol, which is found in antifreeze and windshield wiper fluid. According to Yahoo News, adding methanol to distilled beverages can increase volume and potency. Safeproof went on to add that ingesting even a small amount can be lethal. As for symptoms from methanol poisoning, some of the more severe ones include: headaches, dizziness, blindness, and death.
This scary news in Costa Rica follows a series of U.S. tourists deaths in the Dominican Republic this year, which might also be linked to toxic alcohol.
According to reports from Newsweek, the country has started to conduct semi-annual food and beverage investigations at a number of their hotels and resorts. The FBI is also currently running toxicology tests on a pair of American tourists who died there earlier this year.
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