I briefly caught some of a documentary on TV that was describing some of the sources of groundwater contamination, including some that you probably wouldn’t think of. Cemetaries, apparently, are a major source of long-term pollution, as all kinds of tasty embalming agents and other nasty chemicals leech out into the soil for years after people are buried. I’ve always marvelled at the tremendous amount of land wasted for cemetaries, to say nothing of the immense amount of groundskeeping necessary to keep them looking pretty. Groundwater contamination seems to be another nail in the coffin (har har).

So when I die, burn me for fuel, compost me, or grind me up and leave me at the curb in the green bin - just don’t inhume me.