2017
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0005-3
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Abstract: Cemeteries and crematoria are the main funeral ways used in the world nowadays. It is a little-studied segment in the present days, mainly as for the possible environmental impacts in the environment, such as those derived from dental amalgam, prostheses, and dioxins, among other. This article aimed to identify the environmental impacts caused by cemeteries and crematoria and to point out new trends in funeral processes such as freeze-drying and alkaline hydrolysis. The study is justified due to the large part… Show more

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“…Despite this, studies on the dangers of emissions from crematoria are scarce, with virtually none on the impact of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). 11,12 In the UK a cremator uses about 285 kWh of gas and 15kWh of electricity on average per cremation -around the same domestic energy used by a single person for an entire month. Aside from the considerable amount of greenhouse gas emissions this creates, the UK's Environment Agency confirms that cremation is also responsible for 16% of the UK's mercury pollution (due to the dental fillings in cremated bodies).…”
Section: Environmental Impact Of Cremationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite this, studies on the dangers of emissions from crematoria are scarce, with virtually none on the impact of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). 11,12 In the UK a cremator uses about 285 kWh of gas and 15kWh of electricity on average per cremation -around the same domestic energy used by a single person for an entire month. Aside from the considerable amount of greenhouse gas emissions this creates, the UK's Environment Agency confirms that cremation is also responsible for 16% of the UK's mercury pollution (due to the dental fillings in cremated bodies).…”
Section: Environmental Impact Of Cremationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Los lixiviados producidos en los cementerios son de alta naturaleza patogénica y pueden contaminar los suelos y agua subterránea. La mayoría de la contaminación se produce en áreas con acuíferos vulnerables y en condiciones climáticas y edáficas que fomentan la rápida filtración de los productos en descomposición y residuos de drogas farmacéuticas y antibióticos [28][29][30][31][32].…”
Section: Estudios De Calidad Ambiental En Suelos De Cementeriounclassified
“…https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-415220200030 Baum, C.A. et al Traditional burial is a practice in urban areas that generates byproducts, such as necro-leachate, which is a potential liquid pollutant that changes the physicochemical and biological characteristics of the bedrock (MAJGIER & RAHMONOV, 2012;CRUZ et al, 2017). Necro-leachate has many components originating from the decomposition of bodies, coffins, adornments, and fabrics used to dress the bodies as well as products and substances introduced into the body throughout the individual's life (WILLIAMS et al, 2009;FIEDLER et al, 2012;JONKER & OLIVIER, 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%