# Cremation Rumination

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 4, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremation-rumination/64394 "2001-05-04T23:36:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremation-rumination/64394/1 "2001-05-04T23:36:57Z")

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What happens to the mercury in fillings during cremation? &nbsp;Are there adsorbents for heavy metals which the crematories can periodically “mine” for accumulated gold, silver and mercury?

These thoughts occurred to me once while I was dining on fast-food, and watching the distorted optics of hot gasses eminating from the chimney of a nearby crematory. Come to think of it, I never did eat there again.