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Nuts and Bolts! Nuts and Bolts! Dead Bodies Rule!

22, Feb 2012

The Afterlife of Artificial Hips and Knees Clark Boyd and Rob Hugh-Jones PRI’s The World via BBC News (February 21, 2012) The metal used in surgical implants can be melted down and recycled after people are cremated, and these days it often is. Long time readers of the Death Reference Desk might remember this August [...]

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  • In: Cremation|Death + Technology|Death Ethics|Eco-Death
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More Americans Choosing Cremation to Save Money

11, Dec 2011

In Tough Times, a Boom in Cremations as a Way to Save Money Kevin Sack, The New York Times (December 09, 2011) If current American trends hold, in 2017, more bodies will be cremated than buried, and funeral directors say the cost is a major factor in the decision. When the Death Reference Desk started [...]

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  • In: Cremation|Death + Technology|Death + the Economy|Eco-Death
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Soylent Green is Dead Bodies Eaten by Mushrooms

17, Aug 2011

Green Burial Project Developing Corpse-Eating Mushrooms Paul Ridden, gizmag.com (July 29, 2011) The Infinity Burial Project Jae Rhim Lee Every once in a while I come across a new-dead-body-disposal-concept which I really like. Indeed, I really wish that I had tons of excess cash so that I could start my own dead body technology R&D [...]

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Dead Body and Technology Lecture Tuesday April 19

15, Apr 2011

Future Death: The Dead Human Body as Biomass An Illustrated lecture with Dr. John Troyer Deputy Director Centre for Death and Society University of Bath Tuesday, April 19 at 8:00pm Hello Death Reference Desk readers. Next Tuesday, April 19 I am giving a talk in Brooklyn, New York for the Observatory group and the Morbid [...]

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  • In: Burial|Cemeteries|Cremation|Death + Technology|Eco-Death
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Jewish Burial Gets Back to the Roots

14, Dec 2010

Reviving a Ritual of Tending to the Dead Paul Vitello, The New York Times (December 13, 2010) A new generation of Jewish volunteers is learning how to prepare a body for burial using techniques that attend to “the feelings of the dead.” It has been a good year for people who want to re-discover the [...]

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  • In: Afterlife|Burial
  • Tags: anthropology, green burial, religion
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