A rival to burial: Dissolving bodies with lye

Thursday, May 8, 2008 - 18:21 in Psychology & Sociology

Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest — dissolving bodies and flushing the residue down the drain.

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