Joseph Brown is a fourth-generation deathcare provider and owner of the Joseph H. Brown, Jr Funeral Home in West Baltimore. He began doing fire cremations about 15 years ago.
“We’re still the only funeral home in Baltimore with a crematory on site,” he said with a sense of pride.
About 60% of Americans now choose a conventional fire cremation when they die, according to the latest numbers from the Cremation Association of North America.
But Brown is aware of the environmental impacts of that process.
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