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May 12, 2008 - Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their
dead. Now a new option is generating interest — dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the
brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.
The process is called alkaline hydrolysis and was developed in this country 16 years ago to
get rid of animal carcasses. It uses lye, 300-degree heat and 60 pounds of pressure per square
inch to destroy bodies in big stainless-steel cylinders that are similar to pressure cookers.
No funeral homes in the U.S. — or anywhere else in the world, as far as the equipment
manufacturer knows — offer it. In fact, only two U.S. medical centers use it on human bodies,
and only on cadavers donated for research.
But because of its environmental advantages, some in the funeral industry say it could
someday rival burial and cremation.
"It's not often that a truly game-changing technology comes along in the funeral service," the
newsletter Funeral Service Insider said in September. But "we might have gotten a hold of
one."
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Source: ABC News Online
