Don't die in Switzerland!

[caloundracats]

We might all like our precious metals, but not so sure about this. I'm not planning on being in Switzerland when my time is up - are you?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6236069/Swiss-crematorium-uses-peoples-ASHES-make-gold-silver-platinum.html

[Roy]

Gold? Switzerland?

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[caloundracats]

opps, wrong article - haha

 

now fixed

 

 

 

[Pete]

I cannot see how this is making news - high tech filtration and all that BS ??
Maybe I am missing something ?

When a corpse is cremated at say 700C the end product is a relatively fine light greyish dust.
Anything that is metallic would remain intact as the temperature for melting would be too low and a simple sieve would filter out metallic lumps.
Alternatively heavy metals would sink in a shallow water bath.
Other metals would include titanium hip joint, surgical staples, screws, angle braces and rods used in bone fracture repairs.

Melting temperatures are  -
Gold 1,064 C
Platinum 1,768 C
Silver 961.8 C

There are generations of people who opted for gold fillings ( typ 16 ct ) or crowns in their teeth and I would guess this is the primary source.
The filling should pretty much remain intact after cremation so I cannot understand the high tech bit - if indeed there is - what can you expect from the press these days as factual ? If the crematorium was refining the metal then that's a different matter.

The extraction of precious metals from humans was significant in Nazi Germany.

[JunkBond]

I don't want to die anywhere.

[MancunianStacker]

I have a nice gold inlay filling. Maybe I should donate it to a charity in my Will? Not sure how many dentists deal with the dead? Maybe the funeral director can sort it