Cremation
Cremation is linked to Autism and Alzheimer's
When you die, those you leave behind will be the most vulnerable.
Spewing 96% of your deceased body into the air is unhealthy for your family, friends, and the unborn.
Chemicals Used in Cremation
Cremation requires the use of chemicals in the form of either C3H8 (propane) or CH4 (83-99%), C2H6 (1-13%) (natural gas). These chemicals are used to destroy caskets, too. A typical cremation uses the energy equivalent of 26 gallons of gasoline. The chemicals are used to generate the heat, typically at 1,600+ degrees Fahrenheit, required to incinerate most of the decedent. The heat, spent chemicals, and soot created from the original human remains ooze from the smokestack directly into our air.
Mercury Vapors
The intense heat releases numerous toxins, including highly hazardous mercury vapors. Each and every incinerated amalgam tooth filing (silver in color) contains @ .74 grams of mercury, an element second only to radioactive materials in terms of being hazardous. Cremation releases hundreds of thousands of pounds of mercury into our air, every year. Mercury from Cremation Harms the Living
Commingled Cremains
After exposing a body to temperatures in excess of 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit for a couple hours, the charred, fiery remains, about 4% of the body, are raked from the retort and into a container to cool. The incineration process necessarily leaves residue of cremated bodies in the combustion chamber. It is legal for crematories to return commingled bodies, as doing otherwise would be nearly imposible. Link to a video on YouTube of a cremationist raking bones that are on fire.
CycledLife returns 25-30% more than a cremation, as no bones are incinerated in our process. The bones are specific to the deceased. There is no commingling of bodies. The bones are returned as pure white powder. What happens to the rest of the body? About 96% of a cremated body is discharged from a smokestack into our air. Annually, cremationists use our air as the final destination for close to 4 billion pounds of decesed humans. A human body is turned into pollution. On average, each person is reduced to hundreds of pounds of carbon monoxide, floating bits of body particles, toxins, water vapor, carcinogens, and other undesirable substances.
Our atmosphere in relationship to our planet is relative in size to the thickness of the peel of an apple to the rest of the apple. Pumping billions of bodies into this relatively small space is detrimental to public health.
57 Million Deaths per Year
The percentage of the world's population choosing cremation is climbing at an alarming rate. The deceased impose an increasing and heavy burden on the living. Cremation is not sustainable. It fails to honor the world in which one lived.
If CycledLife is currently not offered in your area, contact us to find a funeral director who offers this ecological option to families. If cremation is your only viable option, the best practice is to have one's teeth containing mercury removed prior to incineration or use a crematory with a mercury scrubber. Ask the cremationist to remove any plastic, including body bags, prior to incineration to prevent the carcinogen dioxin from becoming airborne. Burning plastic results in the dark smoke that can be seen rising from crematories' smokestacks.