I Think Graveyards Are Environmentally And Economically Bad
I Think
The average cost of a funeral is $5,778.16
http://www.fool.com/foolu/askfoolu/2002/askfoolu020305.htm
over 90,000 tons of steel coffins are buried a year.
http://lifestyle.sympatico.msn.
ca/Why+Funerals+Are+Bad+For+The+Environment/Home/ContentPosting_The
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High concentration of bacteria in groundwater near cemeteries
whqlibdoc.who.int/euro/1998-99/EUR_ICP_EHNA_01_04_01(A).pdf
Each year 827,000 gallons of chemical-rich embalming fluid is put in bodys
http://community.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/HowtoBeGreenintheAfterlife.html
Embalming fluids include the chemicals formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, and
methanol http://community.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/HowtoBeGreenintheAfterlife.html
The wood used to make coffins is usually from very rare trees
http://www.associatedcontent.
com/article/330338/funerals_an_environmental_threat.html
Graveyards help viruses and bacteria to survive
whqlibdoc.who.int/euro/1998-99/EUR_ICP_EHNA_01_04_01(A).pdf
The corpses are allowed to be 1.5 meters from water drains
http://app.nea.gov.sg/cms/htdocs/category_sub.asp?cid=202
22,500 cemeteries in the United States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco-cemetery
Graveyards helped the spread of cholera and typhoid
http://www.visityork.org/media/factsheets/graveyard.asp
Ghost sightings are very common at graveyards
http://terrifyingtales.blogspot.com/2007/06/ghost-in-graveyard.html
1,636,000 tons of reinforced concrete a year
http://www.naturalburial.coop/canada/2006/06/16/natural-burial-co-operative-
formed-on-earth-day-2006/
Thousands of slaves died when building Nagash’s Pyramid
http://www.strike-to-stun.com/WFRP/warhammer/Vampires03.htm


