Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ATLANTA--Until recently, people in the U.S. had two main choices for disposition of a body after death: burial or cremation. [READ ...

The process - called alkaline hydrolysis - will offer families a third option instead of burial or traditional cremation.

Scotland is leading the way in the UK when it comes to an alternative to traditional burials or cremations. But the so-called 'boil-in-a-bag' method is not going to appeal to everyone ...

It’s almost like a washing machine, if you ask Joseph H. Brown. The casket-shaped metal tank sitting in Brown’s crematory in West Baltimore uses hot water, chemicals and a bit of agitation to dissolve ...

Among the bills filed for this year’s legislative session is a proposal to give Texans a new way to cremate their loved ones that’s described as being “more environmentally friendly.” The legislation ...

MESA, Ariz. - Headlines were made last week when it was revealed human rights activist Desmond Tutu wasn’t cremated, but he was aquamated. A new type of cremation that uses water and is supposedly ...

Two new alternatives to burial and cremation fail to comply with the Catholic Church's teaching on respect for the bodies of the dead, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Doctrine ...

The majority of people in the U.S. are now cremated after death. To most, that means disposing of a body with fire. But proponents are trying to bring a new form of "cremation" to Indiana — one that ...

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to legalise water cremations, a process known as alkaline hydrolysis that is ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ARVADA — On a dead-end street lined with auto body shops on the industrial edge of this city sits a low-slung, brick building where Ed Gazvoda works without ...

Inside a white brick building in West Baltimore, a long silver chamber full of water seesawed back and forth over a platform. Within it, a body dissolved. Skin, flesh and organs turned into amino ...