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Dissolving the dead – alkaline hydrolysis a new alternative to burial and cremation
Sullivan spent five years lobbying the EU to allow a process that would completely sterilise infected carcasses. The company he worked for, WR2, had patented an alkaline hydrolysis tissue digester, and was already using it to destroy the remains of animals from research laboratories. In the end, alkaline hydrolysis was not used to dissolve Europe’s …
Funeral industry grapples with technology shift
An alkaline hydrolysis device is seen at the Newcastle Funeral Home in Newcastle, Ont. on Sept. 18, 2019. The device is an alternative to burial or cremation, where a process involving heat, water and an alkaline chemical breaks remains down. Trevor Charbonneau /Handout A 142-kilogram pig has been thrust into the middle of a contentious …
