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Why are human remains considered a bio-hazard?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Because it's loaded with bacteria. There are more kinds of bacteria in your body than we have ever identified. And there are other kinds of bacteria that are perfectly safe inside your body, but can be very dangerous and make others very sick once it gets outside of your body.

    Source(s): I'm a biology major.
  • 1 decade ago

    the person could have died from a horrible infectious disease.

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