Hi Carol,
I did a poster presentation on this topic at the NSH Symposium in Long
Beach, 2016.
I would be happy to send you a copy of my poster. I also wrote a blog
article about my research for the poster found here:
Both formalin and xylene (and any other dangerous fumes) have to be avoided
during pregnancy BUT if you have an efficient fumes hood to do grossing, then
you should monitor exposure. Somebody NOT pregnant should gross with a personal
formalin badge and, depending on the exposure result, then