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The disposal of human corpses, also called final disposition, is the practice and process of dealing with the remains of a deceased human being.Disposal methods may need to account for the fact that soft tissue will decompose relatively rapidly, while the skeleton will remain intact for thousands of years under certain conditions.
An alkaline hydrolysis disposal system at the Biosecurity Research Institute inside of Pat Roberts Hall at Kansas State University. Alkaline hydrolysis (also called biocremation, resomation, [1] [2] flameless cremation, [3] aquamation [4] or water cremation [5]) is a process for the disposal of human and pet remains using lye and heat; it is alternative to burial, cremation, or sky burial.
The Tri-State Crematory incident was used as the basis for a Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 2 episode "Dead" starring Kathryn Erbe, Vincent D'Onofrio and guest actor Jim Gaffigan. The case was also the backdrop for the 2011 film Sahkanaga , a fictionalized account of the events by American filmmaker John Henry Summerour, [ 6 ] and provided ...
Human composting is emerging as an end-of-life alternative that is friendlier to the climate and the Earth — it is far less carbon-intensive than cremation and doesn’t use chemicals involved ...
The owner of a southern Georgia funeral home has been arrested and charged with the abuse of more than a dozen corpses.. Chris Johnson, 39, was taken into custody Monday, a couple of days after ...
However, cultural attention to concerns like sustainability and environmentally friendly burial has led to a resurgence in interest in direct composting of human bodies. [3] Some religious and cultural communities have been critical of this modern composting practice, even though it is in many ways a return to more traditional practices.
A couple stands in front of The Carter Presidential Center's sign, after the death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100, in Atlanta, Georgia on December 29, 2024.
Promession is an idea of how to dispose human remains by way of freeze drying. The concept of promession was developed by Swedish biologist Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak, who derived the name from the Italian word for "promise" (promessa). [1] She founded Promessa Organic AB in 1997 to commercially pursue her idea. [2]