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Josh and all,
Been out for awhile. Seen this and thought you all might like it- Tim

Monday October 22, 11:35 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Vital Living Products, Inc.
ACE Hardware to Sell VLPI's Anthrax Test Nationwide
MATTHEWS, N.C., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Vital Living Products, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VLPI - news) d//b//a// American Water Service, Inc. announced today that ACE Hardware, Oak Brook, IL, will distribute PurTest® Anthrax Test through its 10 distribution centers in the United States making the test kits available nationwide to its 5100 dealers. Donald R. Podrebarac, President and CEO of Vital Living Products, Inc. said, ``We are continuing to adjust the test media to enhance the performance of our product and we expect to begin shipments to ACE Hardware by Thanksgiving under ACE stock number 4196705.''

Vital Living's press conference scheduled for the Friar's Club, 57 East 55th St. in New York City at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2001, will be an opportunity for the news media to preview the test. For information, call Ray Dirks @ 1-800-774-0778.

PurTest® Anthrax Test will allow anyone to test air, surfaces and water. The test detects for presence of germs and spores providing the consumer with results at home or in the workplace. Mr. Podrebarac concluded saying ``The article Thursday, October 18, 2001 in the Wall Street Journal said 'early market research shows that as many as half of people polled would buy a home test system for anthrax.' People that have PurTest® Anthrax Test will be better prepared to deal with bioterrorism.''

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