Cemeteries can be considered as potential sources of soil and groundwater contamination in burial sites where there is no collection and treatment system for necroleachate, an effluent rich in organic matter and inorganic ...

Even after death, human beings continue to generate contaminants in the form of necroleachate, which may contain heavy metals and a series of other contaminants, altering the natural characteristics of water and soil. ...

Rarely people think or imagine that cemeteries can cause great environmental impacts and harm to public health. The decomposition of organic matter creates a viscous liquid of a grayish/brownish color and an acrid and ...