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What does a mortician do with the blood of an embalmed body?

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    9 years ago
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    Down the drain.

    Courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency;

    "Funeral Home Waste Disposal

    Because many funeral homes employ an on-site sanitary system for disposal of embalming wastewater, EPA regulates these as Class V industrial process water and waste disposal wells. EPA has found that wastewater includes external corporeal wash water, internal body fluids, as well as residual arterial embalming chemicals. These chemicals typically include formaldehyde, phenol, and methanol."

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    What Does A Mortician Do

  • Its considered biological waste and is safely disposed of.

    Source(s): Pre-med student
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