---

Isolyser Announces Alliance and License Agreement With R.J. Hanlon

19 July 1999

Isolyser Announces Alliance and License Agreement With R.J. Hanlon Company, Inc.

    NORCROSS, Ga., July 19 -- Isolyser Company, Inc.
today announced the signing of a Strategic Alliance and
License Agreement with R.J. Hanlon Company, Inc.  The Agreement provides
Hanlon exclusive global conversion and distribution rights of lint free
OREX(R) film covers currently under development for the automobile market.
These covers will be used in the automated painting process of vehicle
assembly plants.
    Utilization of the OREX(R) lint free covers will provide automobile
manufacturing companies an opportunity for significant disposal cost savings
through the use of the Isolyser environmentally friendly proprietary disposal
technologies.
    Isolyser and Hanlon have filed a joint patent on the design of all types
of film protective covers which may be used within the global automobile
manufacturing markets.
    R.J. Hanlon has also been given non-exclusive rights for the distribution
and sale of Isolyser's OREX(R) specialty wipes in the North American
automotive industry.
    Mike Mabry, President of Isolyser's OREX Technologies International (OTI)
business unit, commented, "OTI is continuing to add strategic partners such as
R.J. Hanlon to develop new products and markets utilizing our OREX(R)
Technology.  In conjunction with the Hanlon Alliance, Delta Environmental will
be providing services to incorporate the disposability of OREX(R) into these
automotive applications."
    R.J. Hanlon Company, Inc., headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is a privately
held company manufacturing and selling custom-designed covers for the
automotive industry for approximately 20 years.  The company produces more
than 2,500 different covers for automated paint robots and related
sub-systems.
    Delta Environmental is an international, employee-owned,
multi-disciplinary firm specializing in environmental consulting and project
management services.  Headquartered in St. Paul, MN, Delta has 18 offices in
the United States and one in the United Kingdom and has worked extensively
around the world in solving clients' environmental-related business problems,
especially the processing and disposal of wastewater.
    This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995.  Such statements may be significantly affected by certain risks and
uncertainties described in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K and
elsewhere, including without limitation, the risks described in Risk Factors
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ending
December 31, 1998.  The Company's actual results could differ materially from
such forward-looking statements.
    Isolyser has developed and manufactures OREX(R) Degradables, a series of
ecologically safe products made from a thermoplastic, hot water soluble
polymer that can be configured into an array of products such as woven and
nonwoven fabrics, film, and thermoformed and extruded items.  These products
can be dissolved after use, in hot water in a specially designed OREX(R)
processor similar to a commercial washing machine, for safe disposal through
municipal sewer systems.  The Company believes that its products provide
protection to people and the environment while providing cost-effective
solutions to the problems associated with waste reduction and disposal.  The
Company also manufactures infection control products.