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  • They sell them to vampires.
  • I remember there was a drain, but I don't remember where it went. Funeral home for a class trip. Fun, eh?
  • I am a funeral director/embalmer, and am happy to answer this question for you. In about 99.99% of cases, embalming tables have a drain at the end. So the response above is correct, there is a drain. This drain leads to a receptacle, which is much like a toilet (for lack of a better description). The blood and body fluids that are removed during embalming are washed down this drain, and there it is flushed into the septic sewer where it will be treated by the waste water treatment plant. In cases where the deceased was overcome by a contagious disease, these fluids are treated first with disinfectant. In my funeral home, there has been the odd case where a person who has passed away because of a communicable disease, and we have been required to dispose of the blood and body fluids in specialised toxic waste disposal units that are collected by a company that deal with this particular type of thing. Here in Australia though, there are certain privacy laws that restrict us from knowing personal details about people, such as whether they passed away because of AIDS, Hepatitis or other communicable diseases. We are usually only made aware by the family of the deceased. Sadly, in this day and age, we treat every deceased person as though they died of a communicable and contagious disease. Some funeral homes in Australia will only dispose of the blood and bodily fluids through this specialised waste disposal company, but in the scheme of things, blood and body fluids are only a very small part of what actually goes into the water waste treatment system. I hope this has been somewhat helpful. :)

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