What happens to the ~45 liters of water in the human body once the person dies and is buried in a coffin?
In: Biology
Bodies are drained of fluids as part of the embalming process. Morticians take care of this issue when they’re preparing the body for the funeral.
Now, there is a possibility that the embalming fluids can leak out of the coffin during the decaying process and it makes me wonder how that affects the soil…
On another note, during the plague in England, there were several mass graves. I want to say it was Blackheath, where they say the soil is notoriously fertile from the bodily fluids that seeped into the ground. (I don’t think plague victims were ever embalmed.) Naturally, one would think the biodegradable fluids in a body are better for the earth than a chemical like formaldehyde, even the fluids of a plague victim. I could be wrong about it being Blackheath; someone please correct me if so, because I would like to know if I’m remembering wrong.
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