I got an email today from an online vendor we buy from that sells Berkey water filters. We have one we have used for about 14 years now. According to the email "in some areas (mainly California), government authorities have sought for years to curtail Berkey sales. Those government authorities have offered their justifications, while many others have seen very different motives.
The latest move is that the U.S. EPA has now declared that Berkey water purifiers are a pesticide (seriously…), and therefore under their regulatory authority. Berkey is currently under a government order to cease production. As a result, we (and all distributors) are unable to order any more stainless systems, and our remaining stocks are very low."
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Date: 2023-09-12 09:41 pm (UTC)The latest move is that the U.S. EPA has now declared that Berkey water purifiers are a pesticide (seriously…), and therefore under their regulatory authority. Berkey is currently under a government order to cease production. As a result, we (and all distributors) are unable to order any more stainless systems, and our remaining stocks are very low."
I was curious as to how this all unfolded, so I watched a video interview with the owner on X(ugh) at https://twitter.com/absolutewithe/status/1699923966582821135?s=46&t=YOYLTb1OndfnTUo90FwYGg&_kx=UH2FPTupPcHsgw_EKmdnN0WHck_C_VggXbMYZLXnTZg%3D.Yj5Ze
and around 4 min the owner states that the EPA said "because of the threat of covid 19 being in the water, they want to make water filters that remove virus unavailable to the American people."
Okay, that's weird. Not sure what to think of this, but it feels like the whole ivermecton control issue in a new direction.