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Cremation is a popular alternative to burial that's becoming more common, but just how long does the whole process take from ...
What is a water cremation and what happens to the human body during the process? As Co-Op plans to offer the service in Britain, MailOnline reveals a step-by-step guide to water cremations.
P ROVIDENCE – A bill to allow the composting of human remains and a method of dealing with bodies known as water cremation passed the House for the second year in a row on May 29, but this time ...
Practitioners say this water-based process of cremation results in over 90 percent energy savings compared to flame-based cremation. But I wondered what would then happen to my remains.
It uses water to dissolve every part of the human body except for the bones and teeth — a process also called alkaline hydrolysis. “It just flows the water back and forth over the person, back ...
While the State of Maryland legalized water cremation in 2023, individual counties must opt in — and so far, only Baltimore ...
Human teeth resist burning during cremation because of their calcium phosphate composition, requiring extremely high temperatures for full incineration. Teeth and some bones often remain intact ...
The cremation of an oversized body apparently helped set ablaze the roof of a crematory Wednesday when the  smokestack overheated and set roofing material on fire.
PROVIDENCE – A bill to allow the composting of human remains and a method of dealing with bodies known as water cremation passed the House for the second year in a row on May 29, but this time ...