An illegal cremation method got a medical center in North Texas a cease-and-desist letter from the Texas Funeral Service ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Heritage Funeral Home, which services Fairmount Memorial cemeteries, also provides alkaline hydrolysis – a form of cremation using highly pressurized water that is more environmentally friendly ...
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 ...