Study Findings An August 2024 U.S. government study indicates a link between fluoride levels and IQ in children. A review was conducted of seventy-two studies from six different countries (Mexico, Canada, China, India, Pakistan and Iran) that assessed the association between fluoride exposure and [...]
Adam Markovitz's lifestyle article in the Los Angeles Times explores why Berkey® systems—which have long been championed by health-conscious households, preparedness experts and outdoor enthusiasts—have also recently gained a large and loyal following in trendy Los Angeles, California (ironically, a market that Berkey® systems [...]
If there's ever been a time to be prepared, it is now. There are strong signs that another pandemic is on the way, spiraling regional tensions have brought the Middle East to the tipping point of a much larger global war, AI threatens to [...]
Chevron Doctrine Overturned July 11, 2024 - As many of you know, the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to the EPA and all other out-of-control federal agencies last month in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overruled the 40-year-old “Chevron doctrine”, which allowed [...]
Read Thomas Buckley's article for the California Globe which does a great job discussing the EPA's surprising—and arguably arbritary—2022 reinterpretation of its own regulations that resulted in the agency's reclassification of popular Berkey® systems as pesticides, rather than water filters, after more than two [...]
March 6, 2024 - Berkey International has filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for misclassifying Berkey Water Filters as pesticides, and is seeking an injunction to lift the EPA’s Stop-Sale orders (SSURO) issued to NMCL dealers, vendors, and Berkey International’s manufacturing [...]
January 30, 2024 Summary As was previously announced in August 2023, New Millennium Concepts, Ltd., the brand owner of Berkey Water Systems, filed a lawsuit against the EPA for classifying Berkey Water Filters as pesticides and is seeking an injunction to lift the Stop-Sale [...]
It is with deep sorrow that we learn that our longtime distributor BerkeyFilters.com is closing its doors. As you may know, New Millennium Concepts, Ltd. is currently suing the EPA for re-interpreting their rules for the express purpose of classifying Berkey® products alone as Pesticides. [...]
GenX is the trade name for a chemical that was introduced in 2010 as a “safer” replacement for a toxic contaminant known as PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid, commonly called C8). Like its predecessor, GenX enables the production of common household products including non-stick pans, firefighting foam and [...]
While New Millennium Concepts, Ltd. has not conducted specific testing for sulfuric acid, our expectation is that reduction of sulfuric acid should occur for the following reasons: Sulfur reduction is typically best achieved using anion exchange resins. Black Berkey® Elements use ion exchange for the [...]