Ever heard of exploding casket syndrome? Educate yourself before purchasing unnecessary upgrades in the disposition of ones body. Josh Slocum, executive director of the nonprofit watchdog org, Funeral Consumers Alliance, says: At bottom, the problem is fraud. Casket-makers and funeral homes know sealer caskets don’t preserve bodies, yet too many peddle lies about the preserving powers of overpriced boxes to grieving people whose emotions are easily manipulated. Federal policy forbids funeral providers from deceptively claiming that caskets will delay the natural decomposition of human remains for long or protect a body from bugs or other disturbances, when they can’t. But every time a funeral provider pitches a sealer casket they are doing exactly that. Funeral homes should stop hawking these caskets and mausoleum operators should stop allowing them. The dead will naturally decompose, no matter how much money we spend on bags and boxes. Consumers should know that and refuse to be sold a bill—or a box—of goods at the graveyard. Article: washingtonpost/posteverything/wp/2014/08/11/what-you-should-know-about-exploding-caskets/
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:33:00 +0000
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