Comment on What happens when people die with metal on or on them?

Harpsist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• BloodSlut@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  they better! that shit ain’t cheap

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  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Titanium scrap value is pretty low. It takes a lot of energy to recycle it so new titanium is typically used

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• pg_sax_i_frage@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  if they do end up keeping it, there are artists metalworker, that will agree to turn things like that into custom arto,if requested. There one in the netherland , I think it is, that offers the service.(they also accept and work with meral that was removed when yiu were still alive, through surgery for example). There seem to be some beautiful examples.

  … So, that might be of intrest of intrsst, when writing a will, and to whomever you end up passing that metal to, as a n option, and anlther resin to hold onto those metallic artefacts and keepsakes.

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• DillyDaily@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Although some of models of pace maker are removed prior to cremation, as they can sort of explode at high temperatures. Everything else is burned off, dusted off and returned.

  For burial, if an autopsy is required, everything on the surface is removed to prepare the body for examination, this can include medical implants and things like bone halos and cages, though that’s usually only if the cage is suspected to be part of the cause of death, or the family has asked it be removed for burial.

  Some things are removed for safety reasons, but for the most part it’s up to the family to decide what stays on the body. We burried my cousin in all her ring splints because she had them custom designed as jewelry, and we joked that “she’d want full use of her fingers in the afterlife”. But some families might ask for things to be removed post mortem because their beliefs only allow for flesh and bone to be burried.

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