formaldehyde

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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

In 2021, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley found that acute exposure to the chemical formaldehyde led to a 78% increase in the risk of developing ALS and a 71% increase in brain cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

He also raised safety and health concerns when Alameda Health System changed how Highland Hospital disposed of formaldehyde.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Some VOCs, such as dioxins, benzene, formaldehyde and PAHs, can be toxic to humans.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025

They’d been placed in formaldehyde because Zanmi Lasante didn’t have the equipment to preserve the specimens in frozen sections.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French