In Oregon, there are five legal ways to lay the dead to rest. Bodies can be embalmed and shipped out of state; donated to scientific research facilities; cremated; buried; or dissolved. Yes, you read ...
(Side note: If the idea of human goo going down the drain seems gross or environmentally hazardous, remember: During the embalming process, untreated blood is drained from the body and routed to a ...
Washington has become the first state in the nation to allow composting as an alternative to burial or cremation of humans remains. Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed a bill legalizing human composting, which ...
A new study suggests that the decades-long march toward cremation may not last forever – particularly if Gen Z’s preferences ...
In some funeral parlors, physical casket showrooms could die out and move to a virtual realm — the space instead used for “water cremation” machines that break down a human body into bone fragments ...
Archaeologists have made an important discovery in understanding the prehistoric roots of one of the world's most common funeral practices - cremation. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports on how the ...
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