Is Human Composting the Next Big Thing?

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Cremation can be much less expensive than the full casketed funeral and burial. alkaline hydrolysis or water cremation is a way of reducing the human body to a substance that's similar to cremated remains. Tanya, our show today is about human composting. I wonder, are there other practices that are growing in popularity?

Remember you are dirt and to dirt you shall return. Science journalist Eleanor Cummins and law professor Tanya Marsh explain the rise of human composting, now legal in six states, as an alternative to burial or cremation.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

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