Black Berkey Purification Element (Water Filter)

This is a fact sheet for the water filteration system called the Black Berkey Purification Element. This information presented by Kathy James in her July 2010 Water/Sanitation Presentation.

They’re new and they are more powerful than any gravity filter element on the market. In fact, we tested the Black Berkey™ purification element 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 Black Berkey™ removed 100%, with absolutely no pathogens detectable, setting a new standard in water purification.

The powerful Black Berkey™ replacement elements also remove or reduce pathogenic cysts, parasites, harmful or unwanted chemicals such as herbicides and pesticides, VOC’s, SOC’s 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 needs and… Most existing gravity filtration systems can be retrofitted with Black Berkey™ elements, which upgrades them to gravity purifiers.

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs):
Removed to below detectable limits

Alachlor
Atrazine
Benzene
Carbofuran
Carbon Tetrachoride
Chlorine
Chlorobenzene
Chloroform
2,4-D
dbcp
p-Dichlorobenzene
o-Dichlorobenzene
1, 1-Dichloroethane
1, 2-Dichlorpethane
1, 1-Dichloroethylene
Cis-1, 2-Dichloroethyiene
Trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
1, 2-Dichloropropane
cis-l,3-Dichloropropylene
Dinoseb
Endrin
Ethylbenzene Ethylene Dibromide (EDB)
Heptachlor
Heptachlor Epoxide
Hexachlorobutodlene
Hexachloro-cyclopentadlene
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


PATHOGENIC BACTERIA, CYSTS & PARASITES:
Removal to non-detectable levels

E. Coli-Klebsiella-Pseudomonas
Aeriginousis-Giardia-Cryptosporidium

TRIHALOMETHANES:
Removed to below detectable limits

Health effects: muscle and nervous system disorders, cancer, Bromodichloromethane-Bromoform-Chloroform-Dibromochloromethane INORGANIC


MINERALS:
Removed to below detectable limits

Contaminant Health Effects

Chlorine - Residual Cancer, birth defects
Greater than 95% reduction
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