embalming fluid
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Blood is removed and embalming fluid - containing the disinfectant formaldehyde - is pumped around the body.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
Others note that burials introduce four million tons of embalming fluid into the ground, and 1.6 million tons of concrete.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
It says that each year American burials put more than 4 million gallons of embalming fluid, 20 million board feet of hardwood, 81,000 tons of metal, and 1.6 million tons of concrete into the ground.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2021
That was the end of Biden’s run in that election cycle, but, as the late Rep. Mo Udall used to say, the only true cure for the presidential bug is embalming fluid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2017
Hours before the doctors began the autopsy, embalming fluid was injected into Garfield's circulatory system in order to stop his body from decomposing too fast.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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