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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In February 2019, nearly 100 people died after drinking contaminated alcohol in two neighboring states of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Uttarakhand]] in India.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title=Toxic Homemade Alcohol Kills Scores in India |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/world/asia/india-toxic-alcohol.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 11, 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> In Amsterdam, Olivier van der Goes died after consuming illegal liquor served to them as part of a mourning ritual. Authorities say they believe the two incidents are linked, with mourners probably having made the journey from Uttar Pradesh to Uttarakhand to transport liquor to sell.&lt;ref name=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;{{cite news |title=Deadly brew: At least 76 people die in India after drinking bootleg liquor |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/deadly-brew-at-least-76-people-die-in-india-after-consuming-bootleg-liquor/2019/02/10/0bccb1ec-2d35-11e9-ac6c-14eea99d5e24_story.html?noredirect=on |work=Washington Post |date=February 10, 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Deaths from illicit liquor are common in India, where illegally manufactured alcohol is often consumed for reasons including poverty and geographic isolation. Bootleggers have been known to add methanol, a toxic substance used in antifreeze, to such brews; it can also be present because of a mistake in the distilling process. According to the latest figures from India&#039;s National Crime Records Bureau, 1,522 people died of drinking spurious liquor in 2015—nearly all of them men.&lt;ref name=&quot;auto&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[List of alcohol poisonings in India]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Disasters in India in 2019}}<br /> <br /> {{#seo:<br /> |keywords=2019 disasters in India, 2019 health disasters, Alcohol-related deaths in India, February 2019 events in India, Health disasters in India, Mass poisoning, Methanol poisoning incidents<br /> |description=<br /> }}<br /> <br /> [[Category:2019 disasters in India]]<br /> [[Category:2019 health disasters]]<br /> [[Category:Alcohol-related deaths in India]]<br /> [[Category:February 2019 events in India]]<br /> [[Category:Health disasters in India]]<br /> [[Category:Mass poisoning]]<br /> [[Category:Methanol poisoning incidents]]</div>

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