Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ATLANTA--Until recently, people in the U.S. had two main choices for disposition of a body after death: burial or cremation. [READ ...

Among the bills filed for this year’s legislative session is a proposal to give Texans a new way to cremate their loved ones that’s described as being “more environmentally friendly.” The legislation ...

Two new alternatives to burial and cremation fail to comply with the Catholic Church's teaching on respect for the bodies of the dead, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Doctrine ...

University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. Yffy Yossifor yyossifor@star-telegram.com A state commission ordered the University of North Texas Health Science Center to stop using ...

Typically, there are two options for the deceased: a casket burial or cremation. Both can be costly. According to funeralocity, the average price for burial is $3,782 and direct cremation is $2,245.

that funerary practices are “a significant environmental issue,” with traditional American burial practices (embalming, placement in a usually metal coffin then vaulted and buried) consuming too much ...

Alkaline hydrolysis, or "water cremation," is an environmentally friendlier alternative to traditional burial and flame cremation. The process uses water, alkaline chemicals, heat and pressure to ...

A March 21 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of a person in scrubs opening the door to a large metal cylinder. "BREAKING NEWS: The dead are liquified and fed to the living," ...

After the alkaline hydrolysis process is completed, the bone remains will be collected from the stainless steel basket from inside the alkaline hydrolysis machine. Credit: Screenshot Eric Neuhaus ...

PROVIDENCE — Last year, the state House of Representatives engaged in a passionate, poignant, and occasionally amusing debate about a bill to allow the natural organic reduction of dead bodies — ...

A family-owned funeral home in Missouri purchased the 19th-century building and converted it into an operation for performing alkaline hydrolysis — a water-based alternative to traditional cremation.