New Research is Quantifying Environmental Benefits of Appliance Insulation

This research will be presented at API's Polyurethanes 2005 Technical
Conference + Trade Fair , October 17-19, 2005, in Houston, Texas.ca. It can even incorporate AD where it is
economically advantageous . In fact, there are very few products or services that
compare to the effect energy production has on the economy and the U."
In December 2003, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a
suite of integrated air actions to significantly reduce current levels of
power plant emissions .

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material includes forward-looking statements based on management's current
reasonable business expectations.

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Baumgartner + Associates determined the
representative size of shredded foam from various U.
Bion's waste treatment technology biologically encapsulates most of the
pollutants so they can no longer escape into the air and water, addressing
most of dairies' environmental impacts . For more
information, see http://www.

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Only Bion's patented and proprietary technology controls releases to water
of nitrogen, phosphorous and pathogens, and emissions to air of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs, an ozone precursor), methane (a greenhouse warming
gas), nitrogen oxides (NOx, a precursor to PM10 particle pollution), hydrogen
sulfide (H2S, an acid rain-causing gas), and ammonia, rated as the top
livestock pollutant of all by the National Academy of Science. There are numerous
risks and uncertainties that could result in actual results differing
materially from expected outcomes. Southern Research also
operates the Greenhouse Gas Technology Verification Center based in Research
Triangle Park, NC.

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The Appliance Research Consortium (ARC) is incorporated as a subsidiary of
the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) and is a partnership of
U. Plastics: A World of Unlimited
Opportunities. Its 212-page report , "Assessment of
Technologies for Management and Treatment of Dairy Manure in California's San
Joaquin Valley," was based on information submitted by technology companies
throughout the United States , and is now available at
http://www., Southern Research Institute
today announced that it has been awarded the contract to operate the Mercury
Research Center (MRC) now being constructed by Gulf Power, a subsidiary of
Southern Company. The Agency's first ever proposed rule to regulate
mercury emissions would cut by 70 percent the estimated 48 tons of mercury
emitted each year by coal-burning power plants in the United States.

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Z. For new large-scale dairy projects, or in areas
with high concentrations of dairy cows, such as in Kern County, Calif.
The goal of the MRC is to assist in the development of technologies for
reducing mercury emissions from coal-fired power boilers. In all, five environmental
technologies will be in place, including an industry-standard selective
catalytic reduction (SCR ) unit, rotary air pre-heater, baghouse, electrostatic
precipitator, and wet limestone scrubber.

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For information on stratospheric
ozone protection, visit http://www. Its 70 members are U. API is a business unit of The American Plastics Council (APC). 2003.

While the focus will
be on mercury control research, the facility will provide an excellent
platform for research in mercury monitoring systems, technologies to control
other pollutants, balance of plant technology impacts , Hg-speciation chemistry
research, and other topics.
"We are establishing something here that doesn't exist anywhere else in
the world, and we believe we will make great strides in discovering new
methods of reducing emissions," said Jim Vick, manager of Environmental
Affairs for Gulf Power .
The facility will be available to a wide range of interested users.southernresearch.

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gov/ozone . Department of Agriculture and Environmental
Protection Agency, various California regulatory agencies , environmental
groups, and the University of California. "If
this pace continues, the facility could be booked solid more quickly than we
anticipated.org

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Research contractors W.
In July 2005, a USDA-funded report entitled, "Biomethane from Dairy Waste:
A Sourcebook for the Production and Use of Renewable Natural Gas in
California," discussed the environmental challenges associated with making
electricity via AD.

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Bion's patented microaerobic process reduces polluting releases to water
of phosphorus and nitrogen by 75% to 80% on a whole-farm basis , while
significantly reducing the polluting emissions to air from dairy operations.biontech.com/technology /.
Ammonia emissions, according to the National Academy of Science report, "Air
Emissions from Animal Farming Operations" (2) are the No.biontech.
The Center's backbone will be a flue gas "slip stream," routed from one of
the Plant Crist boilers to a series of scaled-down critical plant systems,
environmental systems, and other equipment. Existing and pending regulations, increased public
awareness, and strategic business factors have motivated electric utilities to
look for technologies to reduce mercury emissions. "We're
already fielding requests from organizations that want us to conduct new
technology demonstrations and research projects at the MRC," says Hinton.

Southern Research provides contract research in the fields of
engineering, environmental and energy -related research, automotive research
and testing, and preclinical drug discovery and drug development .

Media Contacts:
Rhonda Jung, Southern Research, 205-581-2317, jung@sri.

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Previous assumptions have been that 100% of the blowing agent is released into
the atmosphere upon disposal of refrigerator/freezers in the U.
"Appliance manufacturers have been leaders in deploying ozone -friendly
refrigerants and foam blowing agents while increasing the energy efficiency of
their products," said Jeff Cohen, Chief of the Alternatives and Emission
Reduction Branch at EPA.

Further work is necessary to determine the breakdown products of shredded
foam in landfills and the capacity of landfills to absorb these chemicals.epa. Department of Energy (DOE) and the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address pre-competitive appliance
technology issues.

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While the energy efficiency of refrigerator/freezers is
the most visible environmental impact, this new research is aimed at
quantifying the environmental effect of these appliances at disposal.S.

* if attenuation is occurring in landfills, it is possible that a
significant fraction of the blowing agent, in particular CFC blowing
agents, may be degraded within the waste layers of a landfill and never
be released to the atmosphere, which further diminishes the ozone
depleting effect of the foam. APC
advocates unlimited opportunities for plastics and promotes their economic ,
environmental and societal benefits. Plastics Make It Possible(R)

Bion's stock trades under the symbol "BNET" on the Pink Sheets.

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, including the direct emissions, as
well as the "attenuation " or degradation of blowing agents in landfills.S."

This study has also found that:

* virtually no blowing agent is released during the life of the
refrigerator because the foam is encapsulated inside the appliance walls
and the diffusional transport of fluorocarbons in the rigid foam is very
slow.
The multidisciplinary group included dairy industry experts,
representatives from the U.S.

(2) -- AIR EMISSIONS From Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge,
Future Needs, National Research Council, National Academies Press,
2003.org.

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scrap yards, and the
Technical University of Denmark conducted the chemical analyses for this
project.S.
None of the vendors of "anaerobic digestion" systems (AD), a common
present-day effort at manure control, provided sufficient data to support
their claims for specific reduction of adverse environmental effects.
Bion's process is eligible for grant funding under the USDA NRCS
Environmental Quality Incentive Plan.
For further information , please visit the Bion website at
http://www.S.D.

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The issue is critically important to the state's future because, as the
report states, "The California dairy industry is facing rapidly increasing
state and federal regulation over its role in the pollution of air and water,
and there is a critical need to improve the management and treatment of dairy
manure to reduce environmental problems, while ensuring the economic viability
of this essential agricultural industry. These
statements are made in reliance on the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act, Section 27A of the Securities act of 1933, as amended.
This is an exciting opportunity for Southern Research and will provide a high-
profile platform for us to help contribute to resolving many pressing
environmental issues .

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previously assumed.aham.

Dairy Pollution Solutions Emerge for San Joaquin Valley

Bion 's 'microaerobic' process among only 4 technologies found to have
sufficient evidence of effectiveness , out of 44 studied - and the only one to
address both air and water pollution

NEW YORK, A new report by a cross-
section of dairy experts finds only four out of 44 technologies evaluated for
controlling dairy manure pollution in the San Joaquin Valley supplied
sufficient evidence that they are effective -- including Bion Environmental
Technologies' patented "microaerobic" process, which was the only one of the
four to address all air and water pollutants ."

About Southern Research Institute
Southern Research is an independent, not-for-profit organization that
conducts scientific research at facilities in Alabama, Florida, Maryland and
North Carolina.

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, however,
this study indicates that, on average, only 25% of blowing agents are released
at the time of shredding.,
provided peer-reviewed data which demonstrates it can control all forms of
releases to water and emissions to air. In the process of making methane , AD systems, according
to an EPA AgStar report (1), "mineralize" the polluting nitrogen and
phosphorous nutrients, which actually increases the prospects of surface and
groundwater pollution from the effluents .
Southern Research -- an independent contract research organization -- was
selected to operate the MRC which should be in full operation by November
2005.

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Of those four, only the "Microaerobic Biological Waste
Treatment Process" developed by Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. To date,
millions in private and taxpayer dollars have been used to subsidize such
installations based upon the erroneous belief that AD systems mitigate
polluting releases to water and emissions to air, and would become the
designated Best Available Control Technology (BACT).
AD systems recover the energy content of manure by biologically converting
it into methane gas.com

(1) -- A Comparison of Dairy Cattle Manure Management With and Without
Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Utilization, EPA AgStar, by John H.

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, fluorocarbon blowing agents are used in the manufacture of
the insulation foam which is encased in the cabinet walls of
refrigerator/freezers. The research conducted by the Appliance Research
Consortium (ARC) and supported by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
and the Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API), is part of an ongoing
program designed to determine the environmental fate of blowing agents in the
disposal and shredding process in the U.org. "The MRC will be a high-profile research laboratory,
supporting national efforts to reduce pollution from fossil-energy production.

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In the U.
You can visit the AHAM web site at http://www.aham . AD has been demonstrated to control
some of the VOC emissions, but it does not control the emissions of ammonia. It explained why on-farm electricity production from AD
would produce high levels of NOx emissions, did not solve the environmental
problems and was not cost-effective.

Southern Research Selected to Operate 'One-of-a-Kind' Mercury Research Center

Research projects will begin in early 2006.
standard of living," said Scott Hinton, Ph.

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S. A full
summary of the conclusions and details of the research can be obtained in the
Publications section of http://www.org.htm., Bion's
solution is both more cost-effective than present methods and offers
significantly more environmental benefits .

About Bion: Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. The $5 million center will be located at Gulf Power's Plant
Crist generation station, located near Pensacola, Florida.

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More information on the
API Polyurethanes 2005 Technical Conference + Trade Fair can be found at
http://www.org

API promotes the sustainable growth of the polyurethane industry, in
accordance with the principles of Responsible Care(R), by identifying and
managing issues that could impact the industry in cooperation with user
groups.
All of the information on Bion's system performance data, peer review team and
test protocols is available at http://www. In this document, the word "intends" and
similar expressions identify certain forward-looking statements.

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WASHINGTON, New research shows that substantially
less of the fluorocarbons used in the foam insulation of refrigerator/freezers
are emitted during the disposal process typically used in the U. appliance manufacturers, the U. producers or distributors of chemicals +
equipment used to make polyurethane or are manufacturers of polyurethane
products."
The report found that "sufficient data were provided to demonstrate
effectiveness of technology" for only four of the 44 technologies presented in
time to be evaluated. The others were:

1) an aerated static pile, which composts the solid portion of the waste
stream;
2) a centrifuge, which removes the solids from the liquid waste stream;
and ,
3) an artificial wetland, which controls nitrogen releases to water. 1 global, regional
and state air pollution problem from livestock.'s patented and
proprietary technology for large dairy farms (as well as swine and other
animal facilities) mitigates the nutrient releases to water and gaseous
emissions to air created by the waste streams of such operations while
enabling profitable integration of renewable energy production (methane and
ethanol).
Martin, Jr. March 17.
"The production of affordable energy in an environmentally sound manner is
a national priority., Southern Research's technical
program manager.

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"This study is part of a continuing partnership to
not only address emissions of ozone depleting chemicals from older equipment,
but to also minimize atmospheric emissions of the alternatives through
responsible use and innovative technologies.

The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) is a not-for-profit
trade association representing manufacturers of major, portable and floor care
home appliances, and suppliers to the industry and is headquartered in
Washington, DC.
According to the new report, the remaining three technologies that did
provide sufficient data that they could control releases each only dealt with
a single aspect of the dairy waste problem. Additionally, it has been approved by
the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) in California, and
has preliminary approval from the San Joaquin Unified Air Pollution Control
District.com, or contact:

David Mager Craig Scott
Vice President - Public Policy Investor Relations
(413) 247-0120 (303) 898-4945
cscott@biontech. Ph.