Cremation

Partial remains of at least 274 soldiers processed at Dover Air Force Base were dumped in a Virginia landfill, rather than disposed of in a cemetery or in a way that most would consider honorable.

Have you ever wondered what happens to those metal medical implants after die? A Dutch company has been recycling them, giving the bulk of the proceeds to charity.

Richard Schiffman reports from Benares, India on the banks of the Ganges River on the essential role the river plays in people’s daily lives which includes drinking, washing, bathing in Hindu religious rites, and even as a destination for cremated human ashes. Pollution is a problem along the river and a subtle campaign of clean-up […]

Richard Schiffman reports from Benares, India on the banks of the Ganges River on the essential role the river plays in people’s daily lives which includes drinking, washing, bathing in Hindu religious rites, and even as a destination for cremated human ashes. Pollution is a problem along the river and a subtle campaign of clean-up […]

For over twenty years the Oregon State Psychiatric Hospital stored the cremated remains of patients in copper containers. Photographer David Maisel found them. His exhibit, ‘Library of Dust,’ is currently at the California Museum of Photography.