Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:05:20 +0200Alcohol testing uncovers lethal levels of methanol in purchased spiritshttps://english.radio.cz/alcohol-testing-uncovers-lethal-levels-methanol-purchased-spirits-8547128© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalFree tests of alcohol by the Health Ministry at the end of last year revealed that every eighth bottle of spirits out of more than 7,000 checked brought in by households contained dangerous substances – 40 of them lethal amounts of methyl alcohol. The results were announced by the chief hygiene officer on Thursday, roughly half a year since a major poisoning outbreak in the Czech Republic.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/kolek2.jpg?timestamp=1591178933 Alcohol testing uncovers lethal levels of methanol in purchased spirits https://english.radio.cz/alcohol-testing-uncovers-lethal-levels-methanol-purchased-spirits-8547128 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9