In a quiet Baltimore funeral home, a new era in eco-friendly farewells is unfolding as Maryland embraces "water cremation"—a process that dissolves bodies in chemical baths rather than flames. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Funeral home director Joseph H. Brown, left, stands Thursday with Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway over an alkaline ...

Water cremation, also called alkaline hydrolysis or aquamation, is one of the fastest-growing alternatives to flame-based cremation in the United States. The process uses water, heat, and an alkaline ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Montgomery County, Maryland is considering becoming the first jurisdiction in the D.C. region (But second in the state) to allow a more eco-friendly alternative to traditional ...