11 Apr 2023

Workers exposed to possibly dangerous amounts of formaldehyde

From Morning Report, 7:35 am on 11 April 2023

Some mortuary workers at the country's largest funeral home company have been exposed to potentially dangerous amounts of formaldehyde.

InvoCare, which runs 40 funeral homes, crematoriums and cemetaries employing around 260 staff was warned more than a year ago that the amount of formaldehyde in the air at three mortuaries was nearly twice the recommended safe level.

One embalmer wants to know if he's been exposed but the company says it cannot give staff their individual testing results.
 
Anusha Bradley has been looking into this.