The process of burial is the ritual act of placing a dead person or animal into the ground. Humans have been burying their dead for at least 100,000 years. Alternatives to burial may include cremation, promession and others. There are many environmental benefits of natural burials as the bodies are bio degraded and add many benefits to the soil and over several years tend in helping in the formation of petroleum. But there are few issues with natural burials few of which are mentioned below. Which of the following, if true, would strengthen the conclusion about the issues with natural burials?
The process of burial is the ritual act of placing a dead person or animal into the ground. Humans have been burying their dead for at least 100,000 years. Alternatives to burial may include cremation, promession and others. There are many environmental benefits of natural burials as the bodies are bio degraded and add many benefits to the soil and over several years tend in helping in the formation of petroleum. But there are few issues with natural burials few of which are mentioned below. Which of the following, if true, would strengthen the conclusion about the issues with natural burials? Correct Answer There have been concerns that diseases can be transferred from the buried bodies.
Option 1 is the correct answer as it is the only statement talking about the issues with natural burials. The statement tells that there are concerns with natural burials that the disease with the bodies can be transformed into the soil and spread diseases.
Other 4 options talks about the benefits of natural burials such as it makes the land fertile, trees are not being cut which is good for the environment and such. But its not valid to the question asked thus is discarded.