Why are so many Indians dying from toxic alcohol?

15 December 2011
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Hospitals in Calcutta are overflowing with patients suffering from alcohol-related ailments

More than 100 people have died after drinking toxic alcohol in the Indian state of West Bengal, in the latest example of fatal poisoning in the country. So why does it happen?
Stomach ache, vomiting, fits and even death.
The consequences of drinking

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