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| 5.28.19
Washington Has Legalized 'Human Composting' – Should More States Follow?
Should states allow "human composting"?
What’s the story?
- Washington has become the first state to legalize “natural organic reduction,” sometimes called “human composting.”
- The bill allows people to choose to have their body turned into soil after their death.
What are people saying?
- The bill's sponsor, Democratic Sen. Jamie Pedersen of Seattle, said natural organic reduction is an environmentally-friendly burial alternative.
- “It is sort of astonishing that you have this completely universal human experience — we’re all going to die — and here’s an area where technology has done nothing for us. We have the two means of disposing of human bodies that we’ve had for thousands of years, burying and burning,” Pedersen said.
“It just seems like an area that is ripe for having technology help give us some better options than we have used.”
- The Catholic Church opposed the law on "dignity" concerns, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“Disposing human remains in such a manner fails to show enough respect for the body of the deceased,” Joseph Sprague, executive director of the Washington State Catholic Conference, wrote in a letter to a legislative committee.
What do you think?
Should more states consider allowing “human composting”? Take action and tell your reps, then share your thoughts below.
—Josh Herman
(Photo Credit: iStock / bluedogroom)
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I agree all states should approve of the composting of human remains.
Afterall the fact of the first man created states, Genesis 3:19
“By the sweat of your face You will eat bread Until you return to the ground, For from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”.
I believe this the most practical environmentally and morally most natural way to honor the dead and replenish the earth. We should close down expensive toxic funeral parlors and require all morticians to be trained in human composting,
https://www.treehugger.com/new-york-green-burial-human-composting-7093268?hid=8679a958027a727735b4681fa9e539d887bd99fe&did=7960465-20230111&utm_source=treehugger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=treehugger-daily_newsletter&utm_content=011123&lctg=8679a958027a727735b4681fa9e539d887bd99fe
Watch the following video; Let's Visit the Human Composting Facility!
https://youtu.be/_LJSEZ_pl3Y