Comment on How can you make sure the ashes you get after a loved one dies is actually theirs?
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You can’t.
You can only trust in logic: why would the crematorium mix them up? It makes no advantage for them, but some risk in case the public finds out.
Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not talking about just mixing them up. But what if one person goes home and gets ashes out of a fire place then sell them to you as a deceased loved one?
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I am not paranoid enough to imagine such a thing.
Fosheze@lemmy.world 1 week ago
What incentive would they have to do that? They need to burn the body anyways to dispose of it; using other ashes would literally be more work. Also there’s a pretty big difference between corpse ash and wood ash. They are going to be giving you the ashes of a burned body, there is no logical reason for them to deliberately give you someone elses ashes.
fakeanatomydoctor@lemmynsfw.com 6 days ago
The ashes from cremation are ground up bones. They should look quite different from wood ash.