I found some really interesting statements on the internet about formaldehyde and the build-up of the toxin in our bodies. The statements claim that during the Vietnam War, the bodies of the Vietnamese dead decomposed at a faster rate than the bodies of the American dead. Further, the statements claim that twenty years ago twice as much formaldehyde was needed to embalm a person as what is needed today... because, they infer, we are slowly embalming ourselves by using formaldehyde in everything.
I finally tracked those claims down supposedly to a "Kay Heizer of Healthy Choices." I then found where she claims the stats came from the National Institute of Health. I can't find the research on the NIH website, nor can I find a website for this Healthy Choices non-profit. Does it exist? Who is Kay Heizer? Are all these claims part of an urban legend?
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