Washington state lawmakers approve human corpse composting

Re:Washington state lawmakers approve human corpse composting by txru on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @04:43PM (#19985277)

Prions aren't eliminated by any of our burial methods anyway. I think the best thing you can hope for is preventing animals from eating contaminated tissue. That wouldn't be an issue with any legal method of human remains disposal.

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Re:Washington state lawmakers approve human corpse composting by somebodythere on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @05:40PM (#19985839)

Aren't prions eliminated by cremation?

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Re:Washington state lawmakers approve human corpse composting by txru on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @06:06PM (#19986066)

Ah yeah you're right. I knew they couldn't be destroyed by an autoclave, and I misunderstood what exactly those do. They're only pressure and heat above boiling (120*C).

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Re:Washington state lawmakers approve human corpse composting by Fomite on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:04PM (#19986559)

Note that cremation produces its own human-health, especially in the form of mercury output from vaporized dental amalgams.

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