Universal Detection Technology Comments on Recent Pentagon Report Warning of Future Chemical and Biological Threats

LOS ANGELES, CA, May 11 (MARKET WIRE) --
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, commented today on a
2009 report from the Pentagon warning of the future threat of chemical
and biological weapons. According to the Department of Defense, the
United States is likely to face a growing threat in coming years from
biological and chemical weapons that are increasingly lethal and easy to
manufacture.

Biological threats are likely to grow over the next decade, the report
states, noting that disease agents have been deemed "a valuable tool in
nonstate arsenals" because they are "easier and cheaper to develop than
nuclear weapons and are potentially far more destructive than [chemical
weapons] to unprotected military forces or civilian populations." U.S.
enemies could engineer biological materials, "enhancing virulence,
increasing stability and resistance and minimizing detection -- even
creating a new synthetic biological agent," says the report. "While
conventional weaponization and delivery of biological agents are
difficult, even crude delivery systems," like sending anthrax-loaded
envelopes by postal mail, have proved "effective."

"Additionally, adversaries may use human delivery systems by infecting
themselves or others to spread certain biological agents within a civilian
or military populations," the document notes.

"The DOD report is another stark warning of the imminent danger of
biological weapons," said Mr. Jacques Tizabi, UNDT's Chief Executive
Officer. "UNDT's BSM-2000 system is a robust biodetection system that can
automatically detect airborne biological spores and is not prone to false
negatives from synthetic or reengineered biological agents," he added.

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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, in cooperation with NASA,
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.

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performance and achievement in the future to differ materially from
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Contact:

Jacques Tizabi
Email Contact
310-248-3655

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