4. For most, the only options are burial or
cremation and that ensues a flurry of
moral and physical debates.
5. Many kept seeking an alternative.
“Necessity is the mother of
invention”…quoted in many
different ways. But in it’s finite
concept of birthing new ideas; it
is the best way to describe the
motivational of Alkiline
Hydrolysis or Water
Resomation.
6. Water is natural way separate and also to blend.
When we think of it breaking down items for the
most part it is thought that water can take a little
longer. That it is not as fast as fire.
7. But in the case of Alkaline
hydrolysis that is not true. They
are about the same amount of
time once in the decomposition
process.
8. Alkaline hydrolysis as a method of
final disposition of human remains
is currently legal in Florida, Maine,
Minnesota and Oregon, among
others. The process was legal in the
U.S. state of New Hampshire, but a
one year moratorium was imposed
to allow the technology claims to be
studied and validated before public
use.
9.
10. In resomation, a body is placed in a steel chamber
along with a mixture of water and potassium hydroxide
or Lye. Air pressure inside the vessel is increased to
about 145 pounds per square inch, and the
temperature is raised to about 356 degrees Fahrenheit.
After three or more hours, the corpse is reduced to
bones that are then crushed into a fine, white powder.
That dust can be scattered by families or placed in an
urn. Dental fillings are separated out for safe disposal.
In Minnesota, Mayo Clinic uses an alkaline hydrolysis
process to dispose of donated bodies. In Florida, a
commercial resomator has been installed at the
Anderson-McQueen funeral home in St Petersburg. The
process is currently legal in only seven US states.
11.
12.
13. The end result is a quantity of
green-brown tinted liquid
(containing amino acids, peptides,
sugars and salts) and soft, porous
white bone remains (
calcium phosphate) easily crushed
in the hand (although a cremulator
is more commonly used) to form a
white-colored dust.
14. “The future is now, and it’s
brown, syrupy, and smells like a
litter box. “
16. Fire has been natures way of returning
to the earth re-birth since it’s beginning.
17. This is accomplished through
burning—high temperatures,
vaporization and oxidation.
The box containing the body is placed in the retort and
incinerated at a temperature of 760 to 1150 °C (1400 to
2100 °F).[9] During the cremation process, a large part of
the body (especially the organs) and other soft tissue are
vaporized and oxidized by the intense heat; gases released
are discharged through the exhaust system. The process
usually takes 90 minutes to two hours, with larger bodies
taking longer time
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22.
23. Urns are the easiest way to contain the
remains and keep them close their loved
ones.
27. ..as well as taking
the ash and
pouring into
molten glass to
make actual glass
objects.
28.
29. The hope and thought
for both processes of
means of final disposition
is of a true heartfelt
courtesy to our loved
ones and our future as
a whole on the planet.
Both are of the best
intentions, but it is person
choice on what will be your
direction.
