Always hear it being used to preserve things, but why?
In: Chemistry
I guess an easy way to explain it is that it acts like a kind of glue.
When formaldehyde interacts with organic material, it binds the proteins within it together. This stabilizes the structure of it, preventing its decay and killing all bacteria that would break it down.
On account of it being, you know, a carcinogen and all.
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