Friday, November 3, 2017

‘Water Cremation’ Becoming More Popular

The solution speeds up the natural

decomposition of the body, leaving behind only bones and any pacemakers, implants, or tooth fillings after 2 to 12 hours.
The bones can be dried, pulverized into a powder, and scattered or stored like ashes.“All biological material is gone,” Kemmis told Healthline.She explained that about 30 percent more remains are left behind than in fire cremation, where some tinier finger or ear bones are often incinerated.“It’s pretty much a skeleton — with no ligaments or muscles,” she said of water cremation.Like a traditional fire cremation, no DNA is left behind either