Dalhousie University has announced that it has temporarily stopped working with cadavers after the laboratory failed air quality tests over the summer. The university is reportedly exploring ways to renovate the lab and alternative methods for preserving the bodies. In the interim, students will be learning through videos, from skeletal material, and by using anatomical models. Several anatomy professors from US institutions told CBC that working with donated cadavers is an irreplicable experience, but noted the growing discussion around the risks of exposure to formaldehyde, which is used to preserve the bodies.
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