New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye

May 8th, 2008 | by jeff | | Post to NewsCloud »

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Can’t they just make me into a green battery? … Getting the public to accept a process that strikes some as ghastly may be the biggest challenge. Psychopaths and dictators have used acid or lye to torture or erase their victims, and legislation to make alkaline hydrolysis available to the public in New York state was branded "Hannibal Lecter’s bill" in a play on the sponsor’s name - Sen. Kemp Hannon - and the movie character’s sadism.

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