Demand for pandemic body bags have been streaming in to a small Toronto based company known as Trevor Owen Ltd, from as far away as the Sultanate of Oman on the Arabian Peninsula, according to thestar.com. "There are state and provincial governments that are starting to stockpile pandemic body bags ... It's a bad pun, but (the business) is growing," said Trevor Owen president Pierre Barcik.
Trevor Owen is not the only supplier who's seen a dramatic increase in sales. Richard Miller's ToDieFor.Biz, has seen his business double this year. Miller offers a large online catalog of Body Bags.
But Barcik's pandemic body bag differs from the bags typically used to transport and temporarily store the dead. As thestar's points out, "Morgues and hospitals mostly use bags made of light-duty plastic – glorified garbage bags with a zipper down the middle – the pandemic body bag's material is thicker and stronger, comparable to a light tarp. It is coated on both sides with polyurethane for imperviousness and can be outfitted with six carry handles, an option that allows for the possibility of inexperienced personnel hastily hauling bodies at a time of crisis."
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