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After you die, your body has quite a few options –– from being turned into a diamond to helping solve a murder. This week, let us break down the possibilities so you can rest easy.
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The Lenin Lab
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Cost of preserving Lenin’s body
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Cremation rates in the US
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After you die, your body has quite a few options –– from being turned into a diamond to helping solve a murder. This week, let us break down the possibilities so you can rest easy.
Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions
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You might also like:
What Happens When You're About to Die?
youtu.be/W7tc-YNpId8
What Happens to Your Body When You Die?
youtu.be/BpuTLnSr_20
What Happens When You Overdose?
youtu.be/xLSz3wEgwJ8
The Top 5 Strangest Poisons That Can Kill You
youtu.be/4hQ0G0GaYR8
How Much Candy Would Kill You?
youtu.be/RNOycTzN-fg
Credits:
Producer: Kirk Zamieroski
Writer: Samantha Jones, Ph.D.
Scientific Consultants: Leila Duman, PhD Brianne Raccor, PhD, Sarah Ellingham, PhD Andrew Ishida, PhD Brian Frey, PhD.
Executive Producer: George Zaidan
Executive Producer: Hilary Hudson
Music:
Sources:
Human body preservation – old and new techniques
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.12160
Lenin’s embalmed body cnn.com/travel/article/lenin-mausoleum-moscow/index.html
Lincoln’s embalming
http://theconversation.com/how-lincolns-embrace-of-embalming-birthed-the-american-funeral-industry-86196
Arsenic toxicity
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3183630
Encyclopedia of mortuary practices
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3fb1/19f2bd6276f76522b192a63077a5f6019f68.pdf
Modernity in medicine and hygiene at the end of the 19th century: the example of cremation
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4140318
Burnt human remains
dovepress.com/forensic-investigation-of-burnt-human-remains-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-RRFMS
Body Worlds Plastination
bodyworlds.com/plastination/plastination-technique
Human composting
businessinsider.com/washington-state-human-compost-bodies-into-soil-2019-5
Mercury in dental amalgam
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6555253
Cremation air pollution
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412009002050?via%3Dihub
Compounds released into the air by cremation
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5931459
The final discharge: Quantifying contaminants in embalming process effluents discharged to sewers in Ontario, Canada.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31265958
The Lenin Lab
theguardian.com/world/2016/may/09/lenin-lab-team-keeping-first-soviet-leader-embalmed-moscow
Cost of preserving Lenin’s body
bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36035076
Cremation rates in the US
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cremation-rates-reach-all-time-high-us-180964478/#:~:targetText=According%20to%20a%20new%20report,from%2045.4%20percent%20in%202015.
NFDA Cremation and Burial Report Shows Rate of Cremation at All-time High
nfda.org/news/media-center/nfda-news-releases/id/2511/nfda-cremation-and-burial-report-shows-rate-of-cremation-at-all-time-high
PubChem formaldehyde
pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/source/hsdb/164
Formaldehyde crosslinking: a tool for the study of chromatin complexes.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26354429
Ever wonder why dogs sniff each others' butts? Or how Adderall works? Or whether it's OK to pee in the pool? We've got you covered: Reactions a web series about the chemistry that surrounds you every day.
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