This 'Flameless Cremation' Machine May Change How We Care For The Dead

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An environmentally-friendly form of cremation is gaining traction in the United States, Neil Bowdler of BBC reports.

The makers of the Resomation machine claim that it produces a third less greenhouse gas than cremation, uses a seventh of the energy and allows for safe disposal of dental amalgam.

Bowdler notes that mercury from amalgam – an alloy of mercury with another metal used for dental fillings – vaporised in crematoria is blamed for producing a portion of the world's airborne mercury emissions.

The three-hour process, which involves heating the remains at about 572 °F in a pressurized vessel containing a non-acidic solution, reduces the body to skeletal remains which are processed into a white ash.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/environmentally-friendly-resomation-machine-2012-8

[Ilsa]

1. Is it more expense to use this type of container? nt

[kestrel91316]

2. Autoclaved in lye. Ew.