Formaldehyde has undergone quite the image makeover. Best known as the heady, sickly sweet-smelling chemical commonly used to bathe the recently deceased in high school biology labs and funeral homes ...

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GALVESTON – Two teens are in police custody after officials say they tried to steal embalming fluid from a Galveston funeral home. Police said 19-year-old Joshua Nismonger and a 16-year-old boy broke ...

Several Austin-area funeral home embalmers say it's common practice to pour human blood from corpses down the drain, a procedure that Austin Water officials admit they were unaware was occurring and ...

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Embalmers say it's a common practice that's completely safe, but Austin Water officials said they had no idea it was happening. Reading time 3 minutes There’s blood in the water in Texas. No, I’m not ...

It was right around twenty years ago when some dude sitting next to me leaned over and said: “Hey man, that joint we just smoked had formaldehyde in it.” What the hecking f**k! I’m not going to lie, ...

Syracuse, NY -- The car sped at James Pierce and his girlfriend as they walked to his apartment one clear January night. The white Dodge Intrepid struck them head-on at 11:15 p.m. along Cortland ...