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Funds for Toxin Guard(TM) development in the 2006 U.S. Department of Defense budget

TORONTO, Dec. 22 /CNW/ - Toxin Alert Inc. (TOX - TSX/V) confirmed today
that a total of US $ 1.0 million has been appropriated for the further
development of its patented Toxin Guard(TM) biochemical sensor system in the
fiscal year 2006 budget of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). This amount,
which is awaiting the President's signature, along with the previously
announced appropriation of US $2.0 million for the further development of
Toxin Guard(TM) in the 2006 budget of the U.S. Department of Commerce, means
that a total of US $ 3.0 million (Cdn. $ 3.5 million) has been appropriated
for the further development of Toxin Guard(TM) in the 2006 U.S. Federal
budget.
The development work related to the Department of Defense will be
undertaken by Toxin Alert Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Toxin Alert
Corporation; The U.S. Army Armament Research, Development & Engineering Center
(ARDEC); the Port Graham Development Corporation of Alaska (PGDC); and The
University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
The development work for the DoD will consist of diagnostic packaging for
food, and for other undisclosed projects. "Although we can't discuss
everything about some of the proposed uses of Toxin Guard(TM), we can say that
it has been identified as a potentially useful tool in the war on terrorism,"
said Toxin Alert President Bill Bodenhamer.
"The applications for this technology are numerous and include rapid bio
screen of food supplies, rapid detection of airborne pathogens and bio-secure
packaging. We are pleased to be part of a multi-disciplinary research team of
polymer scientists, biochemists, and biologists to address and solve issues
related to low-cost, mass production of sensors embedded in polymer films",
said The University of Southern Mississippi President, Dr. Shelby Thames....