NOT EASY BEING GREEN....(when you're DEAD)
YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP
As an alternative to burial, cremation is no longer green enough, say environmentalists, because it releases smoke and mercury, and thus the industry is considering "promession," in which the body is frozen in liquid nitrogen to minus-320 degrees (F) and then shaken until it disintegrates into powder. For green burials, the United States has at least six cemeteries that require biodegradable casings and for bodies to be free of embalming chemicals. The Forever Fernwood cemetery in Mill Valley, Calif., goes even further, according to an October Los Angeles Times story, banning grave markers, but, said the owner, "We issue the family a Google map with the GPS coordinates" so they can find their loved one. [Los Angeles Times, 10-28-07; Evening Standard (London), 10-10-07]
Vaughn Tolle said:
Geez; what can I say?
One thing I will say is that in certain causes of death (disease based) the embalming chemicals serve a public health purpose in addition to preservation of the remains for a funeral. Wonder what those six cemeteries will do in such situations (with acknowledgment that cholera, e.g., isn't real common in the U.S.).
One thing I will say is that in certain causes of death (disease based) the embalming chemicals serve a public health purpose in addition to preservation of the remains for a funeral. Wonder what those six cemeteries will do in such situations (with acknowledgment that cholera, e.g., isn't real common in the U.S.).
gster said:
I guess if I want to avail myself of this service, I should specify in my will that at my death I be shaken , but not stirred? And interred in a baggie? That's progress!
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