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New York OKs human composting law

Headline from Fox5 Atlanta, from the development of Dec 31, 2022

Newest development Jan 2, 2023 · 2 reportsHuman composting is legal in these six states

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a law making her state the sixth in the nation to allow human composting as a method of burial.

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    New York OKs human composting law

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  2. New York governor legalizes human composting after death

    Headline from The Guardian ·

  3. Newest

    Human composting is legal in these six states

    Headline from Newsweek ·

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  1. CBS News

    New York OKs human composting law, becoming 6th state in U.S. to do so (opens CBS News)

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    Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a law making New York the sixth state in the nation to allow human composting as a method of burial.

  2. Fox5 Atlanta

    New York OKs human composting law (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a law making her state the sixth in the nation to allow human composting as a method of burial.

  3. NBC New York

    New York OKs Human Composting Law; 6th State in US to Do So (opens NBC New York)

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    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a law making her state the sixth in the nation to allow human composting as a method of burial. Hochul signed the law Saturday. The move legalizes natural organic reduction, popularly known as human composting, following after Washington state, Colorado, Oregon,…

  4. Portland Press Herald

    New York OKs human composting law; sixth state in U.S. to do so (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a law allowing composting as a method of burial.

  5. Fox News

    New York becomes 6th US state to green light human composting law (opens Fox News)

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    NY's Kathy Hochul signed legislation to legalize natural organic reduction, known as human composting, making NY the sixth state in the nation to allow that method of burial.

  6. The Guardian

    New York governor legalizes human composting after death (opens The Guardian)

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    State becomes sixth to pass legislation since 2019 and gives New Yorkers access to an alternative, green method of burial

  7. Triblive

    New York OKs human composting law; 6th state in U.S. to do so (opens Triblive)

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    ALBANY, N.Y. — Howard Fischer, a 63-year old investor living north of New York City, has a wish for when he dies. He wants his remains to be placed in a vessel, broken down by tiny microbes and composted into rich, fertile soil. Maybe his composted remains could be planted

  8. Washington Examiner

    New York makes human composting after death legal (opens Washington Examiner)

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    New York became the sixth state since 2019 to legalize human composting after death after Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed the bill into law Saturday.

  9. The Daily Caller

    Human Composting Now Legal Burial Method In NY (opens The Daily Caller)

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    New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul approved legislation Saturday legalizing human composting as a method of burial in the state.

  10. Newsweek

    Human composting is legal in these six states (opens Newsweek)

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    The New York State Catholic Conference has lobbied against human composting, which they say: "Does not provide the respect due to bodily remains."

  11. Hot Air

    Controversy surrounding New York's new "human composting" law (opens Hot Air)

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    Typically, when a loved one shuffles off this mortal coil, the family begins a process of working with a funeral home to prepare the body for burial in a cemetery. Other decedents may opt for crematio...

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