Universal Detection Technology Comments on the Recent Government Alert Regarding Bioterror Weapons
November 03 2010 - 5:01AM
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Universal Detection Technology (www.udetection.com) (OTCBB: UNDT),
a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect
people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats, and
provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services,
issued an analysis of the recent government alert regarding
bioterror weapons. The alert warned against the proliferation of
advanced synthetic DNA makers. UNDT also analyzed the vulnerability
of the Air Cargo System to a bioterrorist attack.
Scientists have been engineering genetic sequences for decades
and commercial gene sequencing has been around for years; however,
if the sensitive materials get the wrong hands, it will soon be
possible to recreate bacterial pathogens like smallpox -- and even
enhance these pathogens, making them more potent. Scientists have
discussed the possibility that new "designer" biological weapons
could be engineered.
Air cargo poses unique dilemmas because of the vast volume of
packages and the patchwork system of regulations governing
inspections. In addition, air cargo moves both on airlines that
carry only freight and on passenger planes. And the freight
industry is by no means uniform.
For now, freight carried on all-cargo planes does not have as
stringent screening requirements as freight on passenger planes.
Also, foreign carriers that bring cargo into the United States
operate by their own sets of rules, which vary significantly from
country to country.
Every day, 20 million pounds of cargo, or 16 percent of the
total freight carried by air into or out of the United States, are
transported by passenger planes, according to the International Air
Cargo Association. The vast majority, or 84 percent, is carried on
cargo planes.
"It is well known that Al-Qaeda has been trying to develop a
biological weapon capability for some time and the packages sent
last week would have gone undetected had they contained a
biological weapon such as anthrax," said Jacques Tizabi, CEO of
Universal Detection Technology. "The air cargo transport system
should take advantage of the most advanced bioweapon detection
technologies," continued Tizabi.
For more information, please visit www.udetection.com or email
info@udetection.com.
About Universal Detection Technology
Universal Detection Technology is a developer of monitoring
technologies, including bioterrorism detection devices. The Company
on its own and with development partners is positioned to
capitalize on opportunities related to Homeland Security. For
example, the Company has developed a bacterial spore detector that
detects certain biohazard substances. The Company is also a
reseller of handheld assays used for detection of five bioterrorism
agents, radiation detection systems, and antimicrobial products.
For more information, please visit www.udetection.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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statements in this news release are forward-looking statements that
involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause
the Company's actual results, performance and achievement in the
future to differ materially from forecasted results, performance,
and achievement. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking
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after the date hereof, or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events or changes in the Company's plans or
expectations.
Company Contact: Jacques Tizabi 310-248-3655 Email
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