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New technology introduces water cremation

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It’s hard to say what happens to our souls after we die. But it’s a little more straightforward to know what happens to our bodies.

Some people now have a new option that’s seen as more environmentally friendly. Alex Hager with the Mountain West News Bureautakes a look at a funeral home offering a technology that uses water instead of fire.

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