Other safety issues to consider is the way these headstones are manufactured. Oftentimes these foreign manufacturers add dyes and chemicals (like motor oil) to black granite to improve it’s looks. Which runs the risk of seeping into the ground once the monument is in place. “Now, your family’s headstone is leaking oil,” - one reporter had to say.

Finally, we come back to the huge transportation efforts it takes to get a large block of granite from China to the United States. Because these materials are so heavy and fragile, they require special equipment to get to a port, and then shipped across the ocean and then, potentially across several states before it reaches its final destination. Which leaves a monumental carbon footprint behind. Pun intended!