Reactive skin decontamination lotion available to U.S. first responder market.

2004 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- E-Z-EM, Inc., (AMEX:EZM) announced that under a new agreement recently completed between O'Dell Engineering and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), O'Dell and E-Z-EM will begin marketing reactive skin decontamination lotion (RSDL) to emergency service organizations in the United States.

RSDL is a liquid skin decontaminant that breaks down chemical agents such as Sarin or VX in seconds, leaving a nontoxic liquid that can be washed away with water. RSDL is packaged in a tear-open pouch that first responders can use to aid victims of a chemical attack or for personal protection. U.S. and foreign military testing has shown that …