High rate of leukemia in undertakers using formaldehyde for embalming.
WASHINGTON - Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, researchers reported on Friday.
They found deaths from one particular kind of leukemia, myeloid leukemia, increased the longer the workers were involved with embalming.
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