Embalming Fluid as a Controlled Substance: The Rakim Shackleford Act
House Bill 278 (Public) Filed Monday, March 6, 2023 AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION AND UNLAWFUL SALE OF EMBALMING FLUID AND TO MAKE OTHER...
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Funeral Home Owner Charged In Cemetery Shooting Death at 10-Year-Old’s Funeral
The owner of a Maryland funeral service company has been arrested for the shooting death of a pallbearer who was reportedly affiliated with a rival funeral home. The...
Nevada Becomes Seventh State to Legalize Natural Organic Reduction
On May 30, Nevada governor Joe Lombardo quietly signed Assembly Bill 289 into law, making his state the latest to legalize disposition by natural organic reduction (NOR). Appropriately,...
The State of the EPA’s Formaldehyde Investigation
You’ve probably heard all about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation on formaldehyde. You probably also know that since the study began, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)...
Hess and Koch Sentenced for Sunset Mesa Atrocities
The two owners of the now-infamous Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors in Montrose, Colorado received their respective prison sentences on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, and for some victims of...
New York Becomes Sixth State to Legalize Natural Organic Reduction
Whatever you call it — natural organic reduction (NOR), recomposition, human composting, or Terramation™ — there’s no denying that the process of transforming human remains into soil is...