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Sinking feeling
Christian Century, August 8, 2006
SINKING FEELING: Many people cast the ashes of deceased loved ones upon the sea. With the help of Eternal Reefs, an Atlanta-based company, people can do something environmentally friendly with the ashes. For a fee, cremated remains are combined with marine-grade concrete to form an artificial reef called a "reef ball." The reef balls are dropped into government-protected reef beds off the southeastern coast of the U.S.
Once on the ocean floor, reef balls create a rocky ecosystem that is hospitable to marine life. Eternal Reefs has handled the remains of more than 350 people and animals since 2001. "This is where he'd want to be, his last fishing trip," said one woman about spreading her husband's ashes this way (Atlanta Journal- Constitution, July 17).
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