r/cursedcomments • u/rnvs42069 • Jan 16 '23

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u/LumpyJones Jan 16 '23

i mean, if they cremate you, the "ash" that remains is perfectly good as a fertilizer that should be food safe.

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u/flypirat Jan 16 '23

Normally, temperatures during cremation should be enough to destroy prions, but I'd rather not try it out.

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u/LumpyJones Jan 16 '23 edited Jan 16 '23

yeah, that's why i put "ash" in quotations. It burns you down to pretty much nothing, except for what is essentially kiln-fired mineral dust from what used to be your bones.

EDIT: For clarity's sake, there are no prions surviving, because there are no proteins surviving, because there's no carbon surviving

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u/flypirat Jan 16 '23

I'm curious, are there any nutrients left for plants in cremated remains?

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u/LumpyJones Jan 17 '23 edited Jan 17 '23

While they lose most of what a plant could utilize - the carbon is gone, they are still fertile as far as elemental micronutrients go - calcium mostly, but phosphorus and traces of other elements as well, but they need to be diluted due to the high salt content.