In this episode, a funeral scientist discusses water and decomposition, answers a listener's question about embalming chemicals, and discusses April as Donate Life Month.
Important links 
www.donatelife.net 
www.undertakingthepodcast.com
Episodes about the importance of donating life and funeral directors; 201, 234, 236, 238, 240

Decomposition Part 2 - Water

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In this episode, a funeral scientist discusses the effects of cold temperatures on tissue after death and answers listener Nora’s question about the Canary Girls of World War 1.  
Wales Museum History of the Canary Girls  
Episode on Otzi  
Episode on Lenin  
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Cold Temperatures

In this episode, a funeral scientist looks at embalming zombies and E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. 


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October Case Reports- Zombies and E.T.

In this episode, a funeral scientist discusses the physics of embalming and a doctor who is rehydrating dead bodies in Mexico. 
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BBC article about Dr. Cardenas 
New York Times Article about Dr. Cardenas

"Slow and Low"

A funeral scientists discusses Sister Wilhelmina, bodies in resin, and the Indiana Funeral Education Foundation. 
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Who was Sister Wilhelmina? 
A miracle in Missouri? 
What is incorruptibility? 
Gower climate and weather
Water absorption and wood 

Fungal succession during mammalian cadaver decomposition and potential forensic implications 
Snopes article about the resin photos
Indiana Funeral Education Foundation 





Incorruptible?

A funeral scientist creates some Halloween content for the listeners. 

Decomposition Part 2 - Water

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