A new form of cremation that proponents claim is more environmentally friendly may soon be legal in New Hampshire. It goes by many names including Resomation, Aquamation, bio cremation, and non-flame ...

When a loved one dies, families typically are left with two options: burial or cremation. A California lawmaker wants to give families a third option, which is being pitched as a "green alternative" ...

Nevadans would be able to cremate their loved ones with liquid under a bill heard Wednesday in the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee. Assembly Bill 205, sponsored by Assemblyman Nelson ...

A Columbus funeral director is in hot water with the state for liquefying bodies instead of cremating or burying them. Edwards Funeral Service, 1166 Parsons Ave., could be the first funeral home ...

Walter White got it all wrong. If you want to chemically dissolve a body, as the Breaking Bad protagonist ordered his partner Jesse Pinkman to early in the series, you don't just dump it in a bathtub ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown is considering a bill that would offer another option for Californians deciding what to do with a deceased loved one’s body. The bill would allow for so-called “liquid ...

The California State Senate is considering legalizing liquid cremation. If approved, California will join several other states in offering the controversial process. Supporters consider the method ...

PITTSBORO, Ind. - Joseph Wilson turns a series of silver knobs around the rim of a large, stainless steel cylinder. "This one's like a submarine," he says, opening the hatch and sliding out a metal ...

Ontario’s highest court has thrown open the door to a controversial form of liquid cremation known as low-temperature alkaline hydrolysis. Sometimes called aquamation or resomation, alkaline ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Some people choose burial; others choose cremation by fire. Now, a proposed bill could open a new frontier for Texans: liquid cremation. The scientific term is alkaline hydrolysis, ...

Washington is just a governor's signature away from becoming the first state in the U.S. to legalize the "natural organic reduction" of human remains, colloquially known as "composting." On Friday, ...