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All is not well in embalming world
Not all embalmers are certified, and botched jobs are not uncommon
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Calvin Yang
Donning scrubs, surgical masks and latex gloves, they spend hours in backrooms hunched over metal tables and preserving dead bodies with a concoction of chemicals.
But not all embalmers have received formal training or possess the relevant certificates to do so, say industry insiders.
