California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law allowing human bodies to be turned into garden soil. The sale of this "soil" or the use of it to grow food for human consumption are not prohibited by the law.
The contentious law allowing the "composting" of human remains for soil was signed over the weekend by Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom. According to SFGATE, the regulation will permit the material made from the decayed carcasses to be sold and utilized to cultivate food for human use.
The Cemetery and Funeral Act (AB 351), which was signed into law on Sunday, will put in place legal procedures for the state to authorize so-called "reduction facilities," wherein deceased people are disintegrated in a manner akin to home composting.
The law will go into force in January 2027.
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California has legalized the practice, alongside fellow West Coast states Oregon and Washin...
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