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Re:Mushroom burial suit turns dead bodies into clean compost... by schwartzworld on Monday May 06, 2019 @11:24AM (#19840245)
Jews don't embalm. Embalming is only really necessary if you are doing open-casket, which we don't do.
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Re:Mushroom burial suit turns dead bodies into clean compost... by exhilaration on Monday May 06, 2019 @11:57AM (#19840575)
Muslims don't embalm either. Unless the family insists of flying the body to some other location.
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Re:Mushroom burial suit turns dead bodies into clean compost... by camelNotation on Monday May 06, 2019 @02:18PM (#19842206)
We don't embalm, but we also do open casket sometimes (if the body is in good shape), so one strategy that is used is dry ice around the body to keep the temperature as low as possible.
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