Since the beginning of human history, cremation — the burning of a human body after death — has been a standard method for treating the deceased across nearly all cultures. Cremation is ...

Tom Tierney was born into the funeral home business. He took over the John F. Tierney Funeral Home in Manchester in 2020 and was looking for ways to provide more for patrons. Last year, he started The ...

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California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday allowing funeral homes in the state to use a process called “alkaline hydrolysis” to liquefy human remains — a more earth friendly form of cremation ...

UNDATED (WKRC/KIMT/CBS Newspath) - Funeral directors are offering water cremation as a new option, although it's not legal in every state. Natural water cremation, also known as alkaline hydrolysis, ...

SALT LAKE CITY – A bill that would allow alkaline hydrolysis, also known as water cremation passed the house and senate and is making its’ way to Governor Gary Herbert’s desk for consideration. H.B.

It’s the best of times and the worst of times for Joe Wilson, CEO of Danville-based manufacturer Bio-Response Solutions. On the positive side of the ledger, his 11-year-old company has run in the ...

Human teeth and bones that are ground into calcium phosphate ash after undergoing alkaline hydrolysis, an alternative process to burial or cremation, are not added to food. The U.S. Food and Drug ...

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 ...