Antibiotic resistant bacteria or resistance genes could also persist.48 The risk of water contamination from burial leachate depends on the size and topography of the burial site, the number and frequency of burials, the soil type, pH, and temperature, and the proximity to local surface water or groundwater sources. [...] What approaches can be used to minimize possible environmental health hazards of alternative disposition? The oversight of human disposition processes aims to reduce the spread of disease and exposure to nuisance by implementing laws and procedures for safe handling of the deceased. [...] For all disposition methods, additional considerations may include the available land supply and the needs of the community for different social or economic purposes, the acceptability of new services and sites to residents, the potential for nuisance, and the types of sites to be used (greenfield or brownfield), which can be informed by public consultation.14,22,26-28 The public, however, may hav. [...] The benefits of alternative human disposition methods are most commonly framed in terms of avoidance of the undesirable environmental impacts of conventional disposition services such as embalming, the use of caskets and headstones for conventional burial, and emissions to air and energy consumption from flame cremation. [...] US jurisdictions: Human composting California • State of California AB-351 Reduction of human remains and the disposition of reduced human remains o Requirement for the reduction chamber to meet or exceed State Department of Public Health and federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requirements for destruction of human pathogens.
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