Methanol scares me!

[Deerhunter]

After reading these articles about people dying in India from drinking moonshine, this just down right scares the hell out of me. Is methanol something we have to worry about when making our own spirits. Is this only present in the foreshots or is this the reason why some people don't re-run or add there feints to there next run? I've read some older posts on here where some people have stated it is present throughout the entire run. The last thing I need is to end up making some bad spirits. After doing my run today I finally was able to pick up the acetone smell in the forshots. It was pretty distinct and was amazed I didn't pick it up sooner on my first few runs. As far as the Methanol is concerned, how cencerned should I be and what precautions should be taken?