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
A 10-acre conventional cemetery can contain 20,000 tons of concrete from vaults and enough embalming fluid to fill a swimming pool, turning the land into a landfill underground.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021
The same use of embalming fluid, concrete, and hardwood that make death so polluting also make it expensive.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2021
Listen, he told himself, no one can be buried alive these days, not like in the olden times when there was no embalming fluid and stuff.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
