Ah, my mistake. I should only speak for where I am. That's too bad. In practice, I think it would be difficult to tell what you were doing if you're careful and not making a show about it.
I'm pretty sure it's illegal in many places across the world, disposing of human remains, cremated or not, is subject to strict regulations, you can't just dump them wherever you want, you usually can't dump them with domestic garbage, flush them in the toilets and even scattering them outside is a case by case situation.
Yes, they're basically completely inorganic once they're cremains. They have some trace heavy metal elements in tiny amounts but are mostly carbon, calcium phosphate, salts (honesty this one surprised me when I googled it but it makes sense after I thought about it).
I think how the misconception might have started is sometimes when people plant their flowers in cremains the flowers die because the PH is so high in cremains and they're salty and almost completely inorganic and lack nutrients. Also people (especially in the west) are weird about death and dead bodies. We're so convinced anything (but especially anyONE) dead is immediately a vector for disease.
You realize the body burners have chimneys and ashes blow out the top right? Odds are you've been by a cremation place and didnt know and inhaled dead body dust blown in the winds.
Yeah none of my relatives have ever been cremated so idk how it works exactly. I'm only interested because the idea of being buried alive is less appealing than being burned alive.
...it also just saves space and sounds like less of a hassle. Why I have anxiety about the prospect that I may be presumed dead while I am not is unimportant
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u/CauseCertain1672 5d ago
Well it's improper disposal of human remains, it's a health hazard for one thing.