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Environmentally friendly 'cremation'

Morgan - 20-6-2016 at 12:31

Something different
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bodies-dissolved-sewers...

aga - 20-6-2016 at 12:44

At least they're legit.

Last time i heard about dissolving people in NaOH was the 'stewmaker'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359430/Fat-skin-bon...

Sulaiman - 20-6-2016 at 13:06

I would think that burial is more environmentally friendly, regenerate soil, no fuel or materials required ... etc.

Metacelsus - 20-6-2016 at 15:48

Yes, one might think that, but in practice, cadavers are embalmed in an attempt to prevent decomposition. Furthermore, graveyards take up land that could be put to better use.

Praxichys - 21-6-2016 at 09:51

Pretty neat.

I've donated my body to science to let some med students practice surgical procedures. If I'm lucky, my skeleton will be stripped and bleached, then wired back together as an anatomical model. No sense in taking up space in a graveyard somewhere, and it makes me happy to know I will help people learn even after death.

If you'd rather be hydrolyzed into poop soup, then flushed and crushed, that's cool too.