If I was married for 48 years to one person and they had one
request upon dying, I would, no doubt, agree to anything they ask. But if this
request was to be buried in our front lawn, it might take some mulling over.
All James Davis’ wife, Patsy Davis, wanted was to be buried
in their lawn. So, Mr. Davis was determined to do just that. After going
through all the necessary paper work and being denied by the city and even The
Alabama Supreme Court, Mr. Davis did what he was told anyway. A month later he
was sued by the city. For the next four years Mr. Davis became thousands of
dollars deep in legal fees. He stuck to
his guns. He even ran for Mayor and lost. His neighbors weren't bothered by
her, so why should the government be and how is this related to environmental
news? The city’s attorney Parker Edmiston said” If you allow it for Mr. Davis, you allow it for Ms. Adams, Mr. Jones and
everyone else,” and that would mean bad news for the rest of us.
The
process of laying a human to rest nowadays requires many chemicals including formaldehyde,
which is toxic to all animals and has been the cause of death to some adult
humans. So you can only imagine how this chemical seriously contaminates the ground and the plant life it comes in contact with. If everyone began burying their loved ones in areas where there
is life and community, toxins would build up and eventually start to affect the
living.
There
are more environmentally friendly ways of resting. Including cremation, (which
has its only pollutants to worry about, but it’s still not as bad as cutting
down millions of rain forest making steel vaults, and concocting embalming
fluid) and natural burials which is done without chemicals. The deceased is put
in a biodegradable coffin or casket and the area where the person is buried is
kept as close to the original state as possible. Just like our ancestors did. Awesome.
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