Berkey Water Filter Maker Sues EPA Over Claims That Its Products Are ‘Pesticides’

Texas-based New Millennium Concepts says the EPA has issued stop-sales orders for its silver water filter product to vendors without warning or due process.

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The maker of Berkey water filters, New Millennium Concepts, is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over what it says are false claims by the federal agency that its products are “pesticides.”

Using COVID-19-era regulatory powers, the EPA issued a stop-sales order to several Berkey vendors and distributors in May, resulting in mounting financial losses for the Texas-based company, which was founded in 1998.