Damien Hirst's Artworks Reportedly Leak Formaldehyde Fumes

Artist Damien Hirst is perhaps best-known for his works which involve the embalmed carcasses of dead animals. According to a recent report, some of these pieces were leaking dangerous and illegal amounts of formaldehyde gas during a show at London's Tate Gallery in 2012. According to the study's abstract, many of the tanks used were surrounded by clouds of carcinogenic formaldehyde fumes at a concentration of nearly five parts per million; for reference, the legal limit on these potentially dang...