Favrion@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoWhat happens when people die with metal in or on them?message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareWhat happens when people die with metal in or on them?Favrion@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDrSteveBrule@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-21 year agoMy grandfather died with a bullet in his foot that had been there for about 40 years. He was cremated and there was nothing left of the bullet.
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoIn cremation, the metal is picked up either by hand or magnets and recycled. This is because the bones need to be grinded into “ashes” and they can’t do that with metal in it.
minus-squareCaptObvious@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoLead melts at such a low temperature that it will vaporize long before the body is reduced to ash.
minus-squareDrSteveBrule@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s what we thought, but when we asked to keep the bullet we were told it was reduced to ash with everything else.
My grandfather died with a bullet in his foot that had been there for about 40 years. He was cremated and there was nothing left of the bullet.
In cremation, the metal is picked up either by hand or magnets and recycled. This is because the bones need to be grinded into “ashes” and they can’t do that with metal in it.
Lead melts at such a low temperature that it will vaporize long before the body is reduced to ash.
That’s what we thought, but when we asked to keep the bullet we were told it was reduced to ash with everything else.