Undertakers Propose Dissolving Bodies In Lye and Flushing Them Down the Drain
Source: Yahoo
Funeral directors are judging whether to add a new controversial method to the list of how they dispose of bodies. In addition to cremation and burial they are weighing whether they should include dissolving bodies in lye and then flushing the remains 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.
The challenge that arises is how do they convince the American public that such a method isn’t inhumane or cruel.
We believe this process, which enables a portion of human remains to be flushed down a drain, to be undignified,” said Patrick McGee, a spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester
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