The water-based alkaline process dissolves a body in a matter of hours within a purpose-built stainless steel cylinder. "[The bones] are processed and put into an urn, no different than flame cremation," said Chris Benesch, funeral director and owner of Earth's Options Cremation and Burial Services in Esquimalt, B.C. Victoria funeral director Chris Benesch's family has been in the burial and cremation business for over 60 years. Ontario's chief of environmental and occupational health, Dr. Ray Copes, says the risks of low temperature aquamation are unclear. 's Ministry of Public Safety says it has been reviewing alkaline hydrolysis as an alternative to traditional burial and cremation.

Source: CBC News February 12, 2020 12:00 UTC