To: permaculture permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] composting people
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 08:41:18 -0400
so it seems the current method involves a nitrogen freezing process
and then composting the resulting powder. the bbc article has
discussion regarding chopping the body into bits and then composting
rather than using nitrogen. i have one last concern about heavy metals.
the mercury in ones fillings can be sifter out with the nitrogen
process but how about those metals that are part of our bodily
structure. would the metals begin to build up in our soils?
thank you all for your links. this was a wonderful learning lesson