What do you want done with your body after you die?
It is an unnerving but important question, and for most Americans there have long been only two obvious choices: burial or cremation.
But a third option, a liquefaction process called by a variety of names —flameless cremation, green cremation or the “Fire to Water” method — is starting togain popularity throughout the United States.
This week, California became the 15th state to outline commercial regulations for the disposal of human remains through the method, chemically known asalkaline hydrolysis.