Chemically Preserving the Dead Body

In a lot of places in the united states, the body is still chemically embalmed. Interest in chemically preserving the dead body is falling pretty rapidly and time magazine listed it as one of the top disappearing middle class careers. As we turn more toward cremation, well over 50 % of our population now chooses cremation. And so it's a bureaucratic process from then on where a death certificate is filed,. The body is maybe given a funeral, if that's what the family wants. Then it is taken to either be buried, cremated, or perhaps a new technology, a greener technology, like aquam on, or human composting.

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