Mexican prosecutors say 45 bags of human remains may belong to missing group
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Human remains discovered in 45 bags in western Mexico appear to resemble the features of several missing call centre employees, state prosecutors said in a statement late on Thursday. The Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office said the remains found in the municipality of Zapopan were still subject to forensic tests to formally identify the […]
A Sustainable Life: Funerals will hit 100 million a year by 2060 – here’s how to make them more sustainable
JULIE RUGG, a researcher at the University of York, says – in an article published on The Conversation – that the way we deal with human remains means balancing three major principles…
Amid Catholic opposition, US states are legalising composting of human remains
RNS Washington, Colorado and Oregon are now among the US states that have legalised the process of converting human bodies into soil, a procedure the Catholic Church said fails to show “respect for the body of the deceased”. Meanwhile, California and New York are seeking to be next in line to allow human composting. The […]