In that process, a machine uses a chemical bath to dissolve protein, blood and fat. Some machines can dissolve a body in as little as three hours.
Brad Walker, speaking for the Utah Funeral Directors Association, said in an earlier hearing that the family receives about 20 percent more of the cremated remains and it uses less fuel, while not polluting the air.
While it is a serious topic, senators could not resist puns — including talk of “burying” it, or “dissolving the body” of the Senate into a committee of a whole to discuss it, and even asking how it might affect the resurrection of the deceased.