Academic Papers Pertaining to Green Burial Related Subjects
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2020
The Life and Death of Funeral Practices: Persistence and change in the death system and the rise of eco-funerals in the United States by Elena Slominski, Dissertation completed June, 2020, University of Oslo, Norway
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
2019
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
2018
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
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
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
2012
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
2011
’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
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
2009
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
2008
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
2004
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
2002
The hydrogeological context of cemetery operations and planning in Australia, Volume 1., Dent, B.B., Thesis University of Technology, Sydney. Australia, 2002
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
2000
Organic contamination in soils associated with cemeteries, Spongberg A and Becks, Journal of Soil Contamination 9(2):87–97, 2000
1998
The impact of cemeteries on the environment and public health – an introduction briefing, World Health Organization, 1998
1995
A Watery Grave: The Role of Hydrogeology in Cemetery Practice, Michael J. Knight and Boyd Dent, Australian Cemeteries & Crematoria Association, National Conference - Sydney, 1995
1992
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
1991
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
1990
Mortality of U.S. embalmers and funeral directors, Hayes, RB, Blair, A, Stewart, PA, Herrick, RF, and Mahar, H, Journal of American Industrial, 1990
The Life and Death of Funeral Practices: Persistence and change in the death system and the rise of eco-funerals in the United States by Elena Slominski, Dissertation completed June, 2020, University of Oslo, Norway
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
2019
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
2018
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
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
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
2012
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
2011
’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
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
2009
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
2008
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
2004
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
2002
The hydrogeological context of cemetery operations and planning in Australia, Volume 1., Dent, B.B., Thesis University of Technology, Sydney. Australia, 2002
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
2000
Organic contamination in soils associated with cemeteries, Spongberg A and Becks, Journal of Soil Contamination 9(2):87–97, 2000
1998
The impact of cemeteries on the environment and public health – an introduction briefing, World Health Organization, 1998
1995
A Watery Grave: The Role of Hydrogeology in Cemetery Practice, Michael J. Knight and Boyd Dent, Australian Cemeteries & Crematoria Association, National Conference - Sydney, 1995
1992
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
1991
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
1990
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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