The way we bury our dead, the ones that are embalmed is terrible. They put formaldehyde and other chemicals that are not only toxic, they're cancer causing. So virtually every grave out there is a toxic waste dump. We use some huge number of gallons of the stuff every year. All to preserve the body? It WILL liquefy either way. You can't stop the decomposition process.
We also shouldn't be incinerating people any more. There's a alkaline process whereby they put a body in a vessel and heat it up for a few hours. What is left are bones, amino acids and peptides. That can go down a sanitary sewer for processing.
So we really should be more responsible. Not create little toxic waste dumps all over the place and not incinerate any more. Use the alkaline process or bury without embalming. Why in the world do we need to preserve the body anyhow? It's not like we could use it later. Once you're dead and especially with that very toxic stuff in you, you're dead.
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The way we bury our dead, the ones that are embalmed is terrible. They put formaldehyde and other chemicals that are not only toxic, they're cancer causing. So virtually every grave out there is a toxic waste dump. We use some huge number of gallons of the stuff every year. All to preserve the body? It WILL liquefy either way. You can't stop the decomposition process.
We also shouldn't be incinerating people any more. There's a alkaline process whereby they put a body in a vessel and heat it up for a few hours. What is left are bones, amino acids and peptides. That can go down a sanitary sewer for processing.
So we really should be more responsible. Not create little toxic waste dumps all over the place and not incinerate any more. Use the alkaline process or bury without embalming. Why in the world do we need to preserve the body anyhow? It's not like we could use it later. Once you're dead and especially with that very toxic stuff in you, you're dead.