"We should change the method of burial into a new one?"

ByLouish Pixel

In the United States, burial methods by burial to fill the corpse with antiseptic treatment are common, but in recent years it has been pointed out that this American style funeral wastes land and resources and is not environmentally friendly. The future burial method including the latest corpuscle treatment method, such as "make the body cooled with liquid nitrogen particles into particles" and "to bone only by alkaline hydrolysis" are being explored in the movies.

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I heard that it is a funeral held in the United States, cemetery, coffin, many flower arrangements and so on. However, this method is questioned in the movie "Is not it the worst method of discarding corpses?"


According to Journalist Mark Harris, the burial method using coffin is common as an American burial method, and buried in the cemetery with the corpse preserved in a metal coffin.


The funeral expenses in the United States on average average between $ 10,000 and $ 12,000 (about 10.8 million to 1.3 million yen), and it costs even more when you get a more funeral funeral.


For example, the coffin with the rock band "KISS" specification is $ 7000 (about 760,000 yen) only for the coffin. Moreover, it is unknown whether the cabinet of the guitar amplifier under the coffin is included or not.


It is also said that funeral business is a predatory business that actually sells unnecessary items and services to families who are in a delicate state.


Lawsuits also occurred as selling coffin at a higher price than it actually was.


Also, such funeral styles in America are wasteful. He uses a large amount of concrete every year to make underground burial plants, and that amount is half of the 2-lane highway crossing the US.


And every year to manufacture coffinGolden Gate BridgeMetal that is enough to rebuild is used.


In addition, the coffin wood contained in a cemetery of about 40,000 square meters is the amount that can house 40 houses.


The antiseptic treatment of corpses buried in a cemetery of about 40,000 square meters is enough to fill the pool in the backyard of the houseformalinIt is said that it contains.


Formalin is an aqueous solution of formaldehyde, which is used for fixation and antiseptic treatment for the preparation of tissue specimens of living organisms but is harmful to the human body,Deleterious substanceIt is specified.


In past studies it has been announced that people who preserve corpse are more likely to suffer from cancer of the brain, colon, prostate and leukemia.


For the corpse preservation treatment, average about 1.4 kg of formalin per body is used. At this time, a large amount of spent formalin is flowed into the sewer system together with blood, excrement, and unknown pathogen contained in the body.


Then, when thinking about what other options are available as it leaves the American style burial, it is said that "99.9% of Japan, 85% of Switzerland and 75% of the UK are doing" Cremation "


In America, the number of cremation exceeded burial for the first time in 2015. If the number of cremation workers increases like this, nearly 70% of people will see cremation in 2030.


A great reason why cremation began to occur is expenses. It costs as much as 1 million yen or more on average even if you do burial, but it costs about $ 1,400 (about 150,000 yen) for cremation. It is also mentioned as a merit that less space and formalin is needed to fill the corpse.


In addition to the method of placing ash on the ocean and mountains, there are also ways to put it in fireworks.


On the other hand, in order to cremate the bodies, it is necessary to continue baking for two hours with the temperature raised to 982 degrees. At this time, using natural gas and releasing pollutants such as mercury to the atmosphere is known as a "bad environment" factor. In other words, cremation can not be said to be perfect even if it is a bitter method.


So, as a method not contaminating the environment, "sweet fun" was invented and developed by Swedish scientists.


It freezes the body with liquid nitrogen ... ...


By giving vibration, the method of converting the human body into small particles in just a few minutes.


After this particle is freeze-dried, metal such as tooth padding is removed.


Then it seems that objects like ash that will be left at cremation last will remain at the end.


However, using this method for the human body is not approved as of 2017.


Another method to treat new corpse is a method of performing alkaline hydrolysis.


This is to fill the container containing the corpse with water and alkaline liquid, to heat up to 160 degrees under pressure.


In this process, the human body will be decomposed in the same way as it is decomposed naturally.


When it was taken out of the device after 12 hours, only the bone remained. In this method, the emission of harmful substances is zero,Carbon footprintIs also one tenth of the cremation.


Also, there is an increasing number of ways to bury the unprocessed corpse directly on the ground without using coffin. With this method nature and body will be disintegrated, environmentally friendly and at a low cost.


Whatever method is taken, it is fact that it is time to change the burial method of the body. In the United States, 76 million people will reach 78 years old life expectancy within the next 25 years. When these people are died, a typical burial will take place, you will need a graveyard equivalent to the size of Las Vegas. Which will we die, but how will it be dealt when dead? That is why we need to decide while we are alive.