RTBC News .25 Rotoblock Medical Waste Treatment Effective Against SARS, Other Infectious Diseases

2012-06-21 09:33 ET - News Release

SANTA ROSA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/21/12

In May, China reported more than 982,932 cases of infectious diseases resulting in 1,575 deaths, but no cases of SARS thanks in part to new government policies and a breakthrough in medical waste treatment from Rotoblock Corp. (OTCBB: RTBC).

An outbreak of SARS occurred between 2002 and 2003 in China that nearly became a pandemic, with 8,422 cases and 916 deaths worldwide (10.9% fatality), according to the World Health Organization. Within weeks, SARS spread from Hong Kong to infect individuals in 37 countries by early 2003.

302 Military Hospital is considered the leading center for treatment and research of infectious diseases. In 2002, before the SARS outbreak in China, Rotoblock subsidiary Puhua Kangjian Environmental Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. began testing steam-based medical waste treatment in China with the hospital. Historically, infectious medical waste was incinerated by hospitals or thrown out as garbage and mixed with residential waste, allowing the release of dioxins, chemicals and diseases.

"Our subsidiary installed the first steam-based, non-incinerator medical waste treatment system in China," said Rotoblock CEO Andrew Schneider.