WHO guidelines emphasise usage of cloth for burial
without using any chemical sprayed as disinfectant
Research scientist and health experts including
environmentalists are concerned about the usage of sodium hypochlorite on
polythene sheets/body bags and dead bodies of
covid 19 victims, before wrapping
them for burial, as these plastic bags and chemical may have adverse impact on
both the soil and microorganisms beneath, which cannot be ruled out, until a
regular soil sampling for research and analysis is done, to prevent any adverse
long-run impact on the environment and the ecosystem.
It is a known fact that polythene would
take decades and centuries for degrading, and any chemical like sodium