Black Berkey purification elements are so powerful, they can remove food coloring from water without removing the beneficial minerals your body needs. Virtually no other filtration element can duplicate this performance.

We tested the Black Berkey purification elements with more than 10,000 times the concentration of pathogens per liter than is required by standard test protocol. This concentration of pathogens is so great that the post filtered water should be expected to contain 100,000 or more pathogens per liter (99.99% reduction - the requirement for pathogenic removal). Incredibly the purification elements removed 100%. Absolutely no pathogens were cultured from the effluent or were able to be detected, even under an electron microscope, setting a new standard in water purification.

Features

The powerful Black Berkey purification elements also remove or reduce pathogenic cysts, parasites, harmful or unwanted chemicals such as herbicides and pesticides, VOCs, detergents, organic solvents, trihalomethanes, cloudiness, silt, sediment, nitrates, nitrites, heavy metals, foul tastes and odors, yet they leave in the healthful and beneficial minerals that your body 

Technical Specifications

PATHOGENIC BACTERIA CYSTS AND PARASITES

removal to non-detectable levels:

E. coli - Klebsiella - Pseudomonas Aeruginosa - Giardia - Cryptosporidium

TRIHALOMETHANES removed to below detectable limits:

Health effects: muscle & nervous system disorders, cancer

Bromodichloromethane - Bromoform - Chloroform - Dibromochloromethane

RADIOLOGICALS removed to below detectable limits:

Radon 222

INORGANIC MINERALS removed to below detectable limits:

CONTAMINANT----------HEALTH EFFECTS

Chlorine Residual-------cancer, birth defects 

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

Removed to below detectable limits

Alachlor

Atrazine

Benzene

Carbofuran

Carbon Tetrachloride

Chlorine

Chlorobenzene

Chloroform

2,4-D

DBCP

p-Dichlorobenzene

o-Dichlorobenzene

1, 1-Dichloroethane

1, 2-Dichloroethane

1, 1-Dichloroethylene

cis-1, 2-Dichloroethylene

Trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

1, 2-Dichloropropane

cis-l,3-Dichloropropylene

Dinoseb

Endrin

Ethylbenzene

Ethylene Dibromide (EDB)

Heptachlor

Heptachlor Epoxide

Hexachlorobutodiene

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene

Lindane, Methoxychlor

MTBE

Pentachlorophenol

Simazine

Styrene

1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane

Tetrachloroethylene

Toluene

2,4,5-TP (Silvex)

1,2,4-trichlorobenzene

1,1,1-trichloroethane

1,1,2-trichloroethane

Trichloroethylene

o-Xylene

m-Xylene

p-Xylene

HEAVY METALS reduced by up to 95%:

CONTAMINANT---------HEALTH EFFECTS

Lead---------------------kidney, nervous system damage

Mercury-----------------kidney, nervous system disorders

Aluminum---------------respiratory, nervous system disorders

Cadmium---------------kidney damage

Chromium--------------liver, kidney, circulatory system disorders

Copper-----------------gastro-enteric diseases 

ALSO REMOVES OR REDUCES:

Nitrates, Nitrites, Rust, Silt and Sediment.

Extended Information

The Black Berkey purification element formulation has been tested by State & EPA accredited laboratories to exceed EPA & ANSI/NSF (Std. 53) protocol.