(22 Nov 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Leeds, England - 22 November 2024 ++STARTS ON SOUNDBITE++ 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Alistair Hay, toxicology expert at Leeds University: “It's the breakdown products of methanol that are the problem, not the methanol itself. The first breakdown product is formaldehyde and then formaldehyde is broken down to formic acid, and the formic acid disturbs the acid base balance in the body. In other words, it makes the blood much more acidic.