Perma-Fix Announces that Vista Partners Has Initiated Coverage of the Company

ATLANTA, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: PESI; BSE: PESI) (Germany: PES.BE) today announced that Vista Partners, an independent research firm, recently initiated coverage of the Company. Vista Partners provides independent, equity research for institutional and individual investors, with a focus on publicly traded small cap companies with a market capitalization between $5 million and $250 million. Ross Silver, Partner, issued the report. Vista Partners can be reached at 415-957-0188 or http://www.vistap.com .

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. is a national environmental services company, providing unique mixed waste and industrial waste management services. The Nuclear Segment provides radioactive and mixed waste treatment services to hospitals, research laboratories and institutions, numerous federal agencies including the Departments of Energy and Defense and nuclear utilities. The Industrial Segment provides hazardous and non-hazardous waste treatment services for a diverse group of customers including Fortune 500 companies, numerous federal, state and local agencies and thousands of smaller clients. The Company operates eleven major waste treatment facilities across the country.

Please visit us on the World Wide Web at http://www.perma-fix.com .

SOURCE  Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.
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    /CONTACT:  Dr. Louis F. Centofanti, Chairman and CEO, Perma-Fix
Environmental Services, +1-404-847-9990; or European Investors, Herbert
Strauss, +011-43-316-296-316, or herbert@eu-ir.com; or Investors, Valerie
Kimball, vkimball@epochfinancial.com, or J. Todd Atenhan, both of EPOCH
Financial Group, +1-888-917-5109, all for Perma-Fix Environmental Services/
    /Web site:  http://www.perma-fix.com
                http://www.vistap.com /
    (PESI)

CO:  Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.; Vista Partners
ST:  Georgia
IN:  ENV
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