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 decades of indisputably [...]

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 facility located in [...]

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 order (SSURO) placed [...]

Berkey Water Systems brand owner Jim Shepherd and lawyer Warren Norred join "Faithful Freedom" host Teryn Gregson for a 40-minute interview "Berkey Water Filters Sue EPA After Taken off Market without Due Process | Ep 126". During the discussion, Shepherd explains how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s [...]

Florida congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is demanding answers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as to why the agency decided to classify gravity-fed water filtration systems sold by Berkey Water Systems as pesticides, according to a Matt Gaetz press release and a report published in the Washington [...]

The GATEWAY PUNDIT owner and editor Jim Hoft published an article on Sept 19, 2023, listing Berkey as #9 of the top 20 Common Functions of American Life the Government Wants to Regulate, Restrict or Outright Ban. Besides Berkey's "carbon filters for clean drinking water" (Black Berkey Elements), [...]

Read The Epoch Times article by national news reporter Allan Stein with contributions from NMCL owner Jim Shepherd and legal counsel Warren Norred, offering detailed insight into the company's lawsuit against the EPA. Read the article (click link) The Epoch Times: Berkey Water Filter Maker Sues EPA [...]

In a 30+ minute interview with popular consumer health advocate and award-winning investigative journalist Mike Adams (“The Health Ranger”), NMCL owner Jim Shepherd discusses in-depth many of the issues regarding the company's current lawsuit against the EPA. Plus, he offers his thoughts on the growing problem of [...]

New Millennium Concepts, Ltd. (“NMCL”) and the James B. Shepherd Trust, the brand owner of Berkey Water Systems, filed a lawsuit against the EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) in August of 2023 seeking to stop its unjustified treatment and perceived persecution of Berkey Water Filters based [...]