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Controversial ‘Boil-In-A-Bag’ Funerals May Soon Be Legal In Nation Of 68 Million
In a nation of 68 million people, it would be acceptable to have ridiculous “boil in a bag” funerals that essentially throw bodies down the drain.
The body is dissolved before being flushed down the drain in this strange burial technique.
Referred to as a “water cremation,” proponents assert that the practice is more environmentally friendly than more conventional options.
This is because traditional burials can contaminate the soil, and cremation based on flames emits about 535 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
But not everyone agrees with the concept; some people believe that the practice is rude.
How does a water cremation work?
What is the true mechanism of the method? The corpse is first submerged in a caustic liquid inside a pressure vessel.
The body is then rapidly decomposed by heating it to a scorching 160 degrees Celsius (320 degrees Fahrenheit), thereby liquidising it.
The remaining liquid, referred to as “effluent,” has a tea-like colour and can be dumped down the sink or with other wastes.
After that, loved ones receive the bones back as ground ashes, which they can either keep or spread.
Metal hips or joints won’t break during the procedure.
One Minnesota funeral parlour paid $750,000 to have a chamber erected, according to a Daily Mail report.
Furthermore, not everyone is ecstatic with the concept, even though some compare it to baptism.
Speaking to the Telegraph, Dr Lian Lundy, who is a wastewater specialist at Middlesex University in England, said, “Some people view it as basically mixing up my loved one with poo in the sewer and they don’t like that.”
“But there’s a lot that goes into the sewer that we don’t really think about – waste from mortuaries and hospitals and all sorts of things that we don’t know about – so from that perspective, it’s not really any different.”
Where is the method available?
Although there has been some opposition from other nations over the legality of water cremation, the odd technique is currently accessible in almost 30 US states.
South Africa, Canada, and Ireland—which was the first nation in Europe to offer the procedure—are among the other nations that offer it.
Water cremations are anticipated to cost around the same as the more conventional flame cremations, which typically range from $1,500 to $5,000.
An estimated 68 million people in the UK could soon have access to the technique if it becomes legal.
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