Academic Research
- Sustainability in Death: Motivations Behind and Challenges within the Green Burial Industry in the 21st Century Emma Shenton, Bangor University School of Natural Sciences, September 2024
- Life of the death system shifting regimes, evolving practices, and the rise of eco funerals Elena M. Slominski, Taylor & Francis Online, Sustainability,: Science, Practice, and Policy, July 28, 2023
- The Death Industrial Complex: An Analysis of the American Funeral Industry and Contemporary Death Reform Efforts by Mia Kinsey, University of Leeds, June 2023
- The Shape of Grief at Green Burial Cemeteries Sasha Isabel Kramer, SFSU, 2023
- Grave Dispositions: Implementing Alternative Methods of Burial in the United States of America Zoë R. Saldinger, University of Chicago, May 5, 2023
- Unearthing the Potential of Green Burials: Mitigating Environmental, Financial, and Occupational Challenges for a Sustainable Future by Olivia Henning, May 3, 2023
- The environmental pollution caused by cemeteries and cremations A review by Franco et al, Chemosphere, November, 2022
- Energy Savings and Carbon Neutrality in the Funeral Industry by Kuo-Hsien Lee et al, ResearchGate, Energies, January 2022
- Implementing Aldo Leopold's ideas through the socio-ecological practices of green burial by Hannah Palko, Socio Eoclogical Practice Research, September 17, 2021
- Bioremediation Techniques for Polluted Environment: Concept, Advantages, Limitations, and Prospects by Indu Sharma, December 7, 2020
- Green Burial: The Last Footprint by Mallory Scott, Dissertation completed June 19, 2020, Glasgow Caledonia New York College
- Tax Incentives for Green Burial by Victoria Haneman, Dissertation completed February 12, 2020, Creighton University School of Law
- 8 Fascinating Facts About Body Farms by Jake Rossen, Mental Floss, September 26, 2019
- Mor(t)al Remains: Pastoral Theology and Corpse Care by Cody J. Sanders Journal of Pastoral Theology, July 9, 2019
- Radiation Contamination Following Cremation of a Deceased Patient Treated with Radiopharmaceutical by Nathan Y. Yu, MD1; William G. Rule, MD1; Terence T. Sio, MD, MS1; et al, Journal of the American Medical Association, February 26, 2019
- Rethinking the Landscape of Death, Foreground, February 7, 2019
- Landscapes of the Dead: An Argument for Conservation Burial, Alexandra Harker, Berkeley Planning Journal, 2018
- Natural Burial as a Land Conservation Tool in the US by Christopher Coutts, Carlton Basmajian, Joseph Sehee, Sarah Kelty, and Patrice C. Williams, Elsevier Landscape and Urban Planning, 2018
- The development of a post-mortem interval estimation for human remains found on land in the Netherlands, H. T. Gelderman, L. Boer, T. Naujocks, A. C. M. IJzermans, and W. L. J. M. Duijst, International Journalism of Legal Medicine, 2018
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Centers for Disease Control protocol standards, 2018
- A Laboratory Study of the Pollution of Formaldehyde by Sunette van Allemann, et al, ResearchGate, 2018
- Investigating human relationships to death by Rebecca Lyons, Churchill Trust, 2018
- All Equal in Death? Fighting inequality in the contemporary funeral industry Marcos Brown November 2017
- Conservation from the Grave: Human Burials to Fund the Conservation of Threatened Species by Matthew H. Holden and Eve McDonald-Madden, Conservation Letters, A Journal of the Society of Conservation Biology, 2017
- Soil science related to the human body after death: Literature review produced for The Corpse Project, by J. Niziolomski, J. Rickson, N. Marquez-Grant, and M. Pawlett, Cranfield University, March 2016
- Job-related Formaldehyde Exposure and ALS Mortality in the USA by Andrea L Roberts, Norman J Johnson, Merit E Cudkowicz, Ki-Do Eum, and Marc G Weisskopf, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 2015
- Life After Death: the Science of Human Decomposition by Mo Costandi, The Guardian, May 5, 2015
- Mineral Contamination from Cemetery Soils: case Study of Zandfontein Cemetery, South Africa, Cornelia Jonker and Jana Olivier, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2012
- ’Til Death Do We Pollute and Beyond: The Potential of Cemeteries, Guttman, Sable, Jade Watson, Valerie Miller, Trent University, 2011
- Soils and Decomposition, Charles McClaugherty, MacMillan, 2011
- Environmental Impact of Funerals: Lifecycle assessments of activities after life by Elisabeth Keijzer, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2011
- Moisture can be the dominant environmental parameter governing cadaver decomposition in soil, D.O. Carter, J. C., Forensic Science International , 60-66, 200 (1-3), 2010
- Giving Something Back: A case study of woodland burial and human experience at Barton Glebe, Hannah Jane Rumble, Durham University
- Mortality From Lymphohematopoietic Malignancies and Brain Cancer Among Embalmers Exposed to Formaldehyde by Michael Hauptmann, Patricia A. Stewart, Jay H. Lubin, Laura E. Beane Freeman, Richard W. Hornung, Robert F. Herrick, Robert N. Hoover, Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., Aaron Blair, and Richard Hayes, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2009
- Environmental Considerations for Common Burial Site Selection After Pandemic Events, Williams, Anna, Tracey Temple, Simon J. Pollard, Robert J.A. Jones and Karl Ritz, Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics, 2008
- Cadaver decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems. David O. Carter, David Yellowlees, and Mark Tibbett. Naturwissenschaften, 94,
- Groundwater pollution: Are we monitoring appropriate parameters? Gideon Tredoux, Lisa Cave, and Pannie Engelbrecht, The Water Institute of Southern Africa, May 2004
- Infectious disease risks from dead bodies following natural disasters, Oliver Morgan, Pan American Journal of Public Health 15(5):307–12, 2004
- The hydrogeological context of cemetery operations and planning in Australia, Volume 1., Dent, B.B., Thesis University of Technology, Sydney. Australia, 2002
- Death to Dust: What happens to dead bodies, Kenneth V. Iserson, Galen Press, Ltd, Tucson, AZ, USA, January 2001
- Hygienic aspects related to burial, Santarsiero A, Minelli L, Cutilli D and Cappiello G, Microchemical Journal 67:135–139.
- Small, M. (2016, 01 13), 2001
- Organic contamination in soils associated with cemeteries, Spongberg A and Becks, Journal of Soil Contamination 9(2):87–97, 2000
- Natural Disasters: Protecting the public's health, Pan American Health Organization. Washington, D.C., 2000.
- Cemeteries: a special kind of landfill. The context of their sustainable management, Dent BB, Knight MJ. Melbourne: Kenilworth, International Association of Hydrologists, Proceedings of IAH Sustainable Solutions Conference, February, 1998, Pp. 4516.
- The impact of cemeteries on the environment and public health – an introduction briefing, Üçisik AS, Rushbrook P. World Health Organization, Copenhagen. 1998
The infection hazards of human cadavers, Healing TD, Hoffman PN, Young SE, Common Dis Rep CDR Rev. April 28, 1995;5(5):R618
- A Watery Grave: The Role of Hydrogeology in Cemetery Practice, Michael J. Knight and Boyd Dent, Australian Cemeteries & Crematoria Association, National Conference - Sydney, 1995
Cemeteries and Groundwater: An Examination of the Potential Contamination of Groundwater by Preservatives Containing Formaldehyde, Chan, G.S., Scafe, M., Emami, S., Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 1992
- Cemeteries – a potential risk to ground water, Pacheco, A., Mendes, J. M. B., Martins, T., Hassuda, S. and Kimmelmann, A. A. Wat. Sci. Tech. 24, 1991
Mortality of U.S. embalmers and funeral directors, Hayes, RB, Blair, A, Stewart, PA, Herrick, RF, and Mahar, H, Journal of American Industrial, 1990