Why is cremation not allowed in our country? Thank you.

The reform pilot has a long way to go, but it is imperative, and it needs to establish a new concept of caring for the poor, being civilized and frugal, and being eco-friendly. This year, the national document 1 put forward to rectify the village style, in which the rectification of thick burial and thin maintenance is the key point.

Second, promote land-saving ecological burial.

It refers to a burial method that does not occupy or occupy less land and consumes less resources. Among them, cremation saves more land than burial. Although the cremation system has not been fully promoted in the whole country at present, it is believed that with the vigorous promotion of the country, with the improvement of the education level of the children of the new generation of farmers and the further liberation of the old farmers' thoughts, cremation will surely become the mainstream way in the future.

The third is to control scattered and buried mass graves in rural areas.

In many rural areas, many bases have no unified planning and are not completely clear, so there are indeed many mass graves. Then, as long as other people's ancestors are buried in a common land, as long as they don't hurt their own interests too much, generally no one will give advice; And people who have been to the countryside will find that many rural burials are too random and unplanned.

This has brought trouble to the overall governance planning. Therefore, it is a historical development trend to vigorously promote centralized and intensive burial and put an end to scattered burial in rural areas.

These are the benefits of cremation.

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The benefits of cremation

For some people, cremation may be chosen for environmental reasons. It is an indisputable fact that landfill is a known source of some environmental pollutants. Mercury, arsenic and formaldehyde in disinfectant will pollute groundwater. The coffin itself is another known source of pollution.

Other pollution problems include radioactive isotopes that enter the human body before death or burial (such as radiotherapy); The decay of these bodies may cause environmental pollution.

However, another environmental problem is that traditional burial methods will take up a lot of space. In traditional funerals, bodies are placed in coffins made of different materials. In the United States, coffins are usually placed in a concrete box or liner before burial. Individually, it may not be used in many places, but combined with other tombs, it will cause serious space problems.

Many cemeteries, especially those in Japan, Europe and big cities, are now facing the problem of insufficient space. For example, in Tokyo, traditional tombs are extremely rare and expensive. In London, the space crisis even led Harriet Harman to propose reopening the ancient "double-decker" tomb.

The harm of cremation

More and more studies show that the cremation process has a significant impact on the environment. The main emissions from crematoriums are nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, mercury, hydrogen fluoride (HF), hydrogen chloride (HCl), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), other heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants (POP), which are harmful to human body and nature.

According to the report of the United Nations Environment Programme on the POP Emission Catalogue Guide, although the pollutant emissions from crematoriums account for a small proportion of the total global pollutant emissions, there are still significant differences. Its dioxin and furan emissions also account for 0.2% of the global total emissions.

Impact of burial on the environment

It is an indisputable fact that landfill is a known source of some environmental pollutants. Mercury, arsenic and formaldehyde in disinfectant will pollute groundwater.

Coffin itself is another known pollution source, and other pollution problems include radioactive isotopes that enter the human body before death or burial (such as radiotherapy); The decay of these bodies may cause environmental pollution. Another environmental problem is that traditional burial takes up a lot of space compared with cremation.

The ashes left after cremation only occupy a small space through burial, such as scattering the ashes into the sea or planting trees with them in a more popular way. In traditional funerals, bodies are placed in coffins made of different materials. In the United States, coffins are usually placed in a concrete box or liner before burial.

Individually, it may not be used in many places, but combined with other tombs, it will cause serious space problems. Many cemeteries, especially those in Japan, Europe and big cities, are now facing the problem of insufficient space.

For example, in Tokyo, traditional tombs are extremely rare and expensive. In London, the space crisis even led Harriet Harman to propose reopening the ancient "double-decker" tomb.

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