AbraTox kit has been awarded U.S. Department of Secruity (DHS) designation as a Qualified Anti-terrorism Technology. Accordingly, domestic users acquiring the product after January 1, 2006 have limited liability in the kits deployment in guarding against, responding to or recovering from an act of terrorism.

The AbraTox kit is based upon the use of the well know luminescent bacteria, Vibrio fisheri. It provides both timely and accurate acute toxicity detection for more than 2,000 biological and chemical toxins in water. It offers drinking water security monitoring and/or initial response assessment at less than half the cost of first generation technologies. An EPA ETV is available.

ABRAXIS' "Totally Green" KITS LISTED IN NEMI

Throughout its history, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has evaluated technologies to determine their effectiveness in monitoring, preventing, controlling, and cleaning up pollution. Since the early 1990s, however, numerous government and private groups have determined that the lack of an organized and ongoing program to produce independent, credible performance data is a major impediment to the development and use of innovative environmental technology. Such data are needed by technology buyers and permitters, both in the United States and abroad, to make informed technology decisions. To overcome this impediment, EPA established a program to accelerate the implementation of environmental technology through objective verifi cation and reporting of technology performance. In October 1995, the Environmental Technology Verifi cation (ETV) Program was established by EPA. The ETV Program develops testing protocols and verifies the performance of innovative technologies that have the potential to improve protection of human health and the environment.