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May 20, 2009 Columns » Living Green

Green burials

Dust to dust

by Matthew McGibney

This Memorial Day, Americans will flock to cemeteries to honor fallen service members and other loved ones. However, cemeteries are also the site of mass pollution, with almost a million gallons of embalming fluid and enough steel to build the Golden Gate…

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