E-Z-EM: Declares Stock Dividend

                             Contact: Dennis J. Curtin
                                      Chief Financial Officer
                                Tel.: 1-800-544-4624, ext. 320
     
     
     
     
     E-Z-EM, INC., DECLARES STOCK DIVIDEND
     
     
     Westbury, New York; February 3, 1998   E-Z-EM, Inc. (AMEX  
     EZM.A and EZM.B) announced today that its Board of Directors declared
     on January 23, 1998, a 3% stock dividend on shares of the Company's
     common stock.
     
     The dividend, payable in non-voting Class B Common Stock, is payable on
     March 16, 1998, to shareholders of record of Class A and Class B Common
     Stock on February 26, 1998.  Shareholders entitled to receive fractional
     shares of stock will be issued a cash payment in lieu thereof.  The
     fractional share cash payment will be based on the closing price of Class
     B stock as reported by the American Stock Exchange on January 22, 1998.
     
     E-Z-EM, Inc., is the world's largest manufacturer of contrast agents for
     gastrointestinal radiology.  The Company's common stock trades on the
     American Stock Exchange under the symbols EZM.A and EZM.B.  For
     additional information on E-Z-EM, including a copy of our latest annual
     report, please contact Frank Kerrigon at 1-800-544-4624, ext 325, or visit
     our web site at www.ezem.com.
     


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