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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Emma Clark

UK to Introduce Controversial 'Boil In A Bag' Cremation: Would You Opt For This Liquified Alternative?

Unconventional 'boil in a bag' funerals in which human bodies are liquified and disposed of in wastewater systems could be coming to the UK.

A consultation of funerary methods by the Law Commission has proposed legalising the cremation technique formally known as alkaline hydrolysis in which heat, water and alkaline chemicals are used to break down a body into liquid and bone fragments.

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