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"Despite Risk, Embalmers Still Embrace Preservative" [1]

"With the government declaring formaldehyde a carcinogen, these might be boom times for alternative embalming fluids — if it weren't for the so-called everlasting effect funeral directors stake their reputations on."

Andrew Martin reports for the New York Times July 20, 2011. [2]

Chemicals [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Public [5]
Source: NY Times [2], 07/21/2011
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/despite-risk-embalmers-still-embrace-preservative [2] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/business/despite-cancer-risk-embalmers-stay-with-formaldehyde.html [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81