Dateline Seattle, Wash.. - A bill before the Washington State Legislature would make this state the first in the nation to allow human remains to be disposed of and reduced to soil through composting. Funeral directors are cringing. Death certificates do not have a "box" for this. Pete Seeger, the folk singer, crooned about the idea: "If I should die before I wake, all my bone and sinew take. Put them in the compost pile to decompose a little while. When radishes and corn you munch you may be having me for lunch." (Sounds like Ogden Nash). The folks in the Pacific Northwest march to a different drumbeat - but if you're moving there, be aware!
tjs
NYT 1/27/19
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