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What happens to titanium body parts, mechanical hearts or electronic implants when a deceased is cremated?
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They survive: A pathologist, pathology assistant or mortician must remove pacemakers before cremation or they explode, which is messy and dangerous. The metal parts may or may not melt; there will be a metallic mass among the ashes.
Answered 1/29/2012
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