formaldehyde

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Milk, for example, would be mixed with formaldehyde to sweeten it when it went rancid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

The unusually high formaldehyde levels detected by satellites served as evidence that methane breakdown was taking place.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

Composite wood products can be bound with formaldehyde.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Preserved in formaldehyde and paraffin wax, they come from patients treated at the UK's national bowel hospital, St Mark's, in northwest London.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Animals from foreign lands, preserved in formaldehyde or embalmed and stuffed with sawdust.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros