It’s almost like a washing machine, if you ask Joseph H. Brown. The casket-shaped metal tank sitting in Brown’s crematory in West Baltimore uses hot water, chemicals and a bit of agitation to dissolve ...

MESA, Ariz. - Headlines were made last week when it was revealed human rights activist Desmond Tutu wasn’t cremated, but he was aquamated. A new type of cremation that uses water and is supposedly ...

Green burials have caught on as people look for eco-friendly ways to handle their remains. Water cremation is another way and ...

Since the beginning of human history, cremation — the burning of a human body after death — has been a standard method for treating the deceased across nearly all cultures. Cremation is ...

FILE- In this Feb. 14, 2011 photo provided by Edwards Funeral Home in Columbus, Ohio, Jeff Edwards stands next to an alkaline hydrolysis device that uses lye and heat to dissolve a body as an ...

SAN ANTONIO (WOAI) — The decision on what can be done with a person's remains will eventually have to be answered, and some folks in Texas are hoping for a new option. Advocates and some lawmakers are ...

A family-owned funeral home in Missouri purchased the 19th-century building and converted it into an operation for performing alkaline hydrolysis — a water-based alternative to traditional cremation.

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

For decades, most people arranging a funeral have faced a simple choice - burial or cremation? But in parts of the US and Canada a third option is now available - dissolving bodies in an alkaline ...

A cancer diagnosis in 2013 led Jocelyne Monette to realize how important it is for her to protect the environment in death as much as she does in life. The 66-year-old — who is now cancer-free — is ...

If only figuring out what to do with your body after you die was as simple as TV made it seem. "I'm not going to be buried in a grave," said character Frank Reynolds from "It's Always Sunny in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio funeral home that was blocked from dissolving bodies using lye and heat has joined a funeral directors' group in pushing for the state to legalize the process. Under a ...