Bring out yer Dead!

[formercia]



http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=26425





Japan: City governments raiding remains of dead for precious metals

By Julian Ryall in Tokyo


Cash-strapped city governments in Japan are searching through the ashes of cremated residents to extract precious metals, pocketing the proceeds from the recycled gold and silver, it has emerged.

The city of Nagoya alone has reportedly collected 12 kg of gold, silver, platinum and palladium in 2007 from teeth and bones, worth more than Y10 million (£77,000).

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Tokyo collected some 700 grams of gold, 500 grams of palladium and 1.9 kg of silver from cremated bodies in 2007, adding Y3.2 million (£24,600) to the city's bank account. The city also banked around Y90,000 (£690) in coins left as offering inside the coffins.


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[Historic NY]

1. Thats down right morbid.......they sound like Nazis.

[nc4bo]

2. Jeezus, they certainly do. Another morbid thought...

When we have family cremated here, where does their gold and silver go?

Should we ask for mom's gold dental fillings along with the ashes?

J H C!!