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Washington may soon become the first US state where, along with traditional burial and cremation, will be legalized composting human bodies. In other words, they plan legalize the use of human remains to fertilize the earth. Bill supported by several local senators, will allow to establish a “rearrangement” of the remains in order to turn them in a nutrient-rich environment for soil improvement.
Mankind has been thinking for a relatively long time that burial of the deceased is too irrational. Graveyards are required coffins, monuments and the like, while cremation allows turn the body into a handful of dust that the deceased’s loved ones can leave home or scatter over the sea. However, cremation in the last time is no longer considered an ideal option, in particular because that as a result of it significant amounts of carbon dioxide are released gas, and a lot of energy is spent on it.
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For many years now, in America, methods have been developed, allowing people to become part of nature after death as quickly as possible, cheaply and without harm to the environment. For instance, one California startup offered to bury the remains in due time in special capsules with seeds from which they would grow trees. As a result, instead of cemeteries, we would have dense forests. Some netizens even joked that these forests would be haunted.
The unusual method that they plan to legalize in Washington, It is not only environmentally friendly, but also economical. In our days on the funeral of one American, his loved ones spend over 7 thousand dollars, however composting the remains will reduce these costs up to an amount below 5 thousand. Numerous studies showed that when composting the human body does not any pathogens spread, i.e. it quite safe.
Experts say that such a process is little different from Composting any other organic matter. Human body will be placed in a special chamber, where they will leave to decompose under exposure to microbes. Air will enter the chamber to maximize decomposition. In just about a month, the flesh becomes compost, and the skeleton, like during cremation, is ground to powder. The resulting substance can be fertilized even your garden or garden.
If the bill is adopted by officials, it will enter into force in May 2020. The news was commented by representatives of the local catholic church. Surprisingly, their views on such an innovation turned out to be quite progressive. Clerics reported that the human body is just a mortal shell that ceases to play any role for us after death, and no it makes no sense to relate to the remains of a person as to something precious and even more sacred.
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