Should We Compost Human Bodies?
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Cremation Isn't Good for the Environment
Bree has been around dead bodies her whole life. Her mum was a makeup artist who did prep for funerals. Bree grew up to be a funeral director, which meant dealing with dead bodies all day every day at work. And she told us that there are some definite downsides to how we typically handle them. Like take cremation, which is super common in the US. How many people do you think you've cremated? At least over a thousand. I really don't like cremation. One of the reasons that Bree doesn't like it is because cremation isn't good for the planet. When we burn bodies, the carbon inside us goes up into the air. It
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