Culture·The Guardian·2d agoUnited States
What Embalming Really Involves
Inside the 3-hour process of preserving the dead
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Embalmer Victoria Bilstein explains the embalming process, as NFDA data shows US burial rates fell to 31.6% in 2025 while cremation reached 63.4%, projected to hit 82.3% by 2045.
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embalmingfuneral industrycremationdeath careformaldehyde
