What happens to our atoms on cremation?

The fate of atoms upon cremation is not too different than what happens to our atoms in life. As we constantly eat and drink, we constantly metabolize and eliminate wastes. Our body's population of atoms is continually replinished and atoms we had last week are drifting around the planet in air and water vapor, and a few are in some solid form. read more

In fact over your lifetime you have cycled through many atoms as you breathed in, ate, cut your hair, cut your nails, breathed out, shed skin and gone to the bathroom. When you are through with your atoms they will continue to exist and be part of many more things, living and non living, for billions of more years. read more