Liquefy your body? The complicated debate over water cremation in Texas, explained
An illegal cremation method got a medical center in North Texas a cease-and-desist letter from the Texas Funeral Service ...
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Texas medical school ordered to stop liquefying bodies after using them for training
Alkaline hydrolysis, also known as water cremation, is heralded as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional cremation. It uses water, chemicals and heat to rapidly break down a body, leaving ...
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A Baltimore mortician is performing water cremation — before regulations are in place
The practice, formally known as alkaline hydrolysis, was legalized during this year’s General Assembly session. But the state Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors is still writing the ...
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Texas medical school liquefied bodies, rather than cremating them, after using them for training
Alkaline hydrolysis, also known as water cremation, is heralded as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional cremation. It uses water, chemicals and heat to rapidly break down a body, leaving ...
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Retired funeral home director dedicates his life to water cremation
Dec. 7—ROCHESTER — Dean Fisher has dedicated his retirement time toward legalizing and providing water cremation, or alkaline hydrolysis, around the world. Fisher has been surrounded by death for ...
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Water cremation offered at Baltimore facility | PHOTOS
Joseph H Brown III, owner Joseph H Brown Jr. Funeral Home, offers alkaline hydrolysis or water cremation at their OnSite Cremation LLC facility. He says this is a greener, though more costly ...
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Soaps, detergents and emulsions
Soaps play a vital role in keeping clean. They are salts made from the alkaline hydrolysis of fats and oils (triglycerides). Fat molecules contain three ester links. These can be hydrolysed when ...