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HaloSource, Inc Enters the Drinking Water Business in India

HaloSource, Inc (formerly Vanson HaloSource, Inc) of Redmond, Washington, is establishing a business presence in India to support its HaloPure® water purification business expansion. Located in Bangalore, India, HaloSource Technologies Pvt. Ltd. will establish business development, manufacturing, supply chain and quality assurance functions.

"Most people take it for granted that we can turn on the faucet and drink safe water. But more than three million people a year die from drinking contaminated water," said John M. Kaestle, CEO, HaloSource. "By employing HaloPure technology in affordable in-home, point-of-use drinking water purification products, we can impact this critical public health issue."

HaloPure patented technology uses common halogens -- chlorine or bromine -- that have the potential to simply and safely enhance drinking water treatment systems. Internal laboratory testing at HaloSource has demonstrated that these halogens, bound to HaloPure beads, can kill bacteria and viruses often found in drinking water, promising to improve common water treatment methods.

The HaloPure technology is ideally suited to low cost, point-of-use water purification applications, according to Kaestle. "The system is effective and can be deployed much more broadly and cheaply than large, central water-treatment plants and pipe systems. It is scaleable and can have an immediate impact on people's health for a fraction of the cost of large infrastructure projects," Kaestle added.

"With more than 85% of under-developed world disease linked to contaminated drinking water, the HaloPure technology is ideally suited to meet this need," notes HaloSource founder Dr. Jeff Williams. "In 1998, we teamed up with Professor S. Davis Worley and Auburn University to further develop the chemistry and its commercial potential. It has been a long, hard road, but we are now ready with what is truly a paradigm-shifting solution that will benefit millions of people."

HaloPure Business Director, Duane Dunk, notes that HaloPure offers great tasting water with superior efficacy than typical water filtration or chemical dosing approaches, including common chlorine and iodine, and does so at very low cost. "We are very excited with the market prospects for HaloPure-enabled products. These applications are simple, reliable and safe, and can meet the highest global water quality standards at affordable costs. Reliability and affordability are the keys to having an impact on this critical issue. We believe we have the right solution at the right cost."

The United Nations has targeted safe drinking water as one of its critical Millennium Development Goals for raising global living standards. With more than a billion people without safe drinking water, these applications can be used every day -- in the outback, or in responding to disaster relief emergencies.

About HaloSource

HaloSource health science technologies focus on antimicrobial enhancing solutions that reliably and effectively kill germs. For partners that want competitive differentiation through unique proprietary technologies, HaloSource provides reliable, tested and proven solutions in the product categories of safe water, infection control and wound healing. More information is available at www.halosource.com.

Useful Terms

N-halamine technology:

HaloSource's patented N-halamine technology harnesses chlorine or bromine to prolong and localize its germ-killing properties.

HaloPure:

A proprietary, rechargeable water treatment and purification technology that uses N-halamine technology to kill germs, bacteria and viruses.

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