Daily Mirror - Do Burials of COVID-19 victims cause ground water pollution?
Burial or cremation of COVID-19 victims is a WHO recommendation for the disposal of those who die from this disease. This is practiced the world over in more than 190 countries. Sri Lanka prohibits burial on the belief that burial of COVID-19 victims contaminates ground water. Hitherto, the government scientists have not substantiated scientifically why it is prohibited while the international community and the global scientific authorities have recommended burial of such victims. This is a puzzling question yet to be answered by government scientists. The purpose of this article is to fo...
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