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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wrapped up in the study of mummies, Egyptologists have been mystified about how pharaohs and other revered dead were embalmed so ...

Wrapped up in the study of mummies, Egyptologists have been mystified about how pharaohs and other revered dead were embalmed so well. Some recent research, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People are using embalming fluid to get high, which could lead to dangerous and deadly situations. ALSO READ: Residents push back ...

Embalming fluids preserve the bodies of people who have died, but some are using it for a stronger high.Harrisburg police said they are responding to more calls involving marijuana and cigarettes ...

Before the Civil War, embalming was performed mainly to preserve the body for the purpose of medical studies. There were no specific guidelines for the embalmer. Embalming was performed by those with ...