New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye

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Brad Crain president of BioSafe Engineering stands by one of the companys steel cylinders in Brownsburg Ind. Monday April 7 2008. Since they first walked the planet humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option using one of these c ...
Brad Crain, president of BioSafe Engineering, stands by one of the company's steel cylinders in Brownsburg, Ind. Monday April 7, 2008. Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option using one of these cyclinders is generating interest: dissolving bodies. (AP Photo Michael Conroy)

(AP) -- Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.


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