The Preserve at All Saints, Waterford, MI
2021–2024
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
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
2016–2020
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
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
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
2011–2015
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
2006–2010
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, 12–24, November 2006
2000–2005
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.
1990–1999
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
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
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
2016–2020
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
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
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
2011–2015
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
2006–2010
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, 12–24, November 2006
2000–2005
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.
1990–1999
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
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