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These resources are provided to further the education and training of those interested in learning more about cremation.

Cremation Information & White Papers

ENVIRONMENTAL 

CANA - Recycling Prosthetic Implants

CANA - Perspective on Particulate Emissions and Mercury

Mercury Rising?

Mercury & Cremation - Issue Revisited

Formaldehyde in the Cremation Process

Emissions From Cremation Equipment

Environmental Issues

OPERATOR TRAINING

Pouches & Pacemakers

Guidelines for Caskets & Containers

Cremation Work Area

Cremation of Caskets and Containers

Glass, Glasses (Eyewear)

Cremation Rollers and Identification Discs

Safe Cremation of Large Human Remains

Body Sizes & Plastics

SAFETY

Operator Personal Protective Equipment

Crematory Occupational Exposure and Control

Radiation in the Crematory

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Dust in the Crematory

Personal Protective Equipment in the Crematory

EQUIPMENT BASICS

Crematory Exhaust Stacks

Ceramic Fiber Use in Cremation Equipment

Noise in the Crematory

Refractory Linings and Cremation Equipment

How Hot is Your Hearth?

Cremator Fluid Problems & Hot Hearths

MAINTENANCE

Cremation Chamber Door Safety & Maintenance

Cremation Equipment Maintenance

Suggested Maintenance Checklist

GENERAL

Cremation Terms & Slang (1)

Cremation Terms & Slang (2)

History of Cremation

Consumer Cremation Research

Arranging a Cremation

Gatherings & Services

Cremation Merchandising

Final Dispositions  

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