An article sourced from Vienna, titled "How burials alter the Earth’s chemistry" that appeared in The Times of India of April 28, 2017 notes: "Whether our bodies are buried or cremated, they leach iron, zinc, sulphur, calcium and phosphorus into the ground that may later be used as farms, forests or parks. They are essential nutrients but they are being concentrated in cemeteries instead of being dispersed evenly throughout nature, according to new research. This means that in some places the nutrients may be over-concentrated for optimal absorption by plants and creatures, while lacking in others…
"Now the question is can we come up with a better idea of how to distribute these necessary elements across wider landscapes? ‘Certainly there is a potential to invent, to develop and to put into practice… new ways of human burial or new treatments that could be more environmentally friendly, more ecological,’ said Ladislav Smejda of the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. He however conceded this was a ‘taboo’ topic for many, with funerary customs deeply rooted in culture and religion."
N. D. BUCHIA
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