Freeze-Dried Dead People

Freeze-Dried Dead People: "BBC News reports on an environmentally-friendly mode of human burial. Basically, the corpse is freeze-dried in liquid nitrogen and then sound waves are used to shatter the body into a powder. The supposedly odorless powder is encased in a corn starch 'coffin' for shallow burial. The coffin and its contents become compost and return to the ecological cycle within six months."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3473103.stm



Another cost-effective way is called “water reduction” invented by a retired pathology professor named Gordon Kaye and a retired professor of biochemistry named Bruce Weber. Their company, WR2, Inc. is based in none other than the city I live in: Indianapolis, Indiana.

In a few hours, Kaye and Weber’s equipment can dissolve the tissues of a corpse and reduce it to 2 or 3 percent of its body weight. The two key ingredients are water and lye. The chemical renders itself inert and can be safely flushed down the drain.

http://www0.epinions.com/content_216462233220