Burial at Sea

Ever since I read Jessica Mitford's "American Way of Death" years ago, the whole idea of burying bodies in dedicated parks with impenetrable vaults seemed, well, kind of creepy to me. Whatever happened to recycling? Doesn't the Bible say something about "from dust to dust"? Anyway, for eco-conscious, green, reef-loving types, here's an idea new to me: Say so long as a reef ball.

By Patricia Sullivan |  September 20, 2007; 6:07 PM ET
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