537 - Death and Public Health Part II: Environmental Impacts of the Funeral Industry and "Green Burials"
Public Health On Call · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Show Notes
Traditional after-deathcare in the US carries a huge environmental toll from burying toxic embalming chemicals to the carbon footprint of cremation. Samuel Cline Perry, a licensed mortician, professor of mortuary science, and a deathcare educator at Southern Illinois University Carbondale talks with Lindsay Smith Rogers about how the funeral industry is evolving with more options for "green burials." They also discuss new legislation around human composting and why social justice is a key aspect of the larger conversation of green deathcare.