如果能選擇的話,許多人都會選擇土葬作為自己最終安息方式,當事實上人類的土葬過程中,不管是人體或是棺木都含有許多有毒物質,這些有毒物質會殘留在地球,長久下來對地球是一種嚴重傷害。Jae Rhim Lee跟Mike Ma看到了這個問題的嚴重性,因此決定發明這件「最終葬衣」。
![Jae Rhim Lee and Mike Ma are the co-founders of what they call the Infinity Burial Suit (pictured below).](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/56adbe2777e58.png)
而這件最終葬衣所要仰賴的小幫手就是香菇!
![This innovative new suit was announced almost 5 years ago, and it caused quite a stir. Now the product is nearly ready to hit the market.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/56adbe27b9cdf.png)
「最終葬衣」又名「香菇葬衣」,因為這件衣服上充滿了香菇的孢子,人體被埋葬之後,孢子便會以腐化的身體當作食物、生長成香菇,雖然聽起來有點恐怖,但這個過程會消化掉人體體內常見的有毒物質,像是重金屬或是殺蟲劑等等,讓人體以最純粹的方式回歸地球。
![Of course, properly using the suit requires that the deceased skip the traditional embalming process that's so common in the American death care industry.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/56adbe281c1e1.png)
當然穿上這件香菇葬衣就表示必須跳過傳統的人體防腐步驟,但這樣的選擇在美國的安葬業中已經非常普遍。
這件創新葬衣的最初想法在5年前被提出來,在當時造成一陣譁然,現在這個產品已經接近完成,而且已經有了第一個試用者:丹尼斯 (Dennis White),他因為原發性進行性失症 (Primary Progressive Aphasia) 而過世,當他知道最終葬衣的存在時,他自願成為最初的試用者。
![](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/56adbe294f586.jpg)
![The suit's first human user will be a 63-year-old man by the name of Dennis White. White is currently suffering a deadly neurodegenerative disease called Primary Progressive Aphasia.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/56adbe2870044.png)
Jae Rhim Lee表示第一批的香菇葬衣應該會在這個春天推出,而他們目前現在仍然研究給寵物穿的葬衣,希望在不久的將來也許連毛寶貝都能以最環保的方式回歸地球!
![Lee estimates that the first version of the mushroom suit will be available for humans sometime this spring. They're also working on a pod version for pet burials.](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/56adbe295eaed.png)
來源:Viralnova|Atlasobscura
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