From the Article, they do not mention what the pesticide is though. Hum.
"The use of the antiviral silver in Berkey filters has been found to trap more than 99 percent of COVID-19 strains, Mr. Norred said.
“Silver is often used in pesticides for pesticidal purposes. The EPA has latched on to the use of silver to protect the filter, and said you’re using silver and you are making pesticidal claims—poof, you’re a pesticide.”
“We do use a registered pesticide that has silver in it. So the filters are technically a treated article because there is a pesticide Berkey uses to protect its filters. But that pesticide does not have any pesticidal purpose for the water. It just protects and lengthens the lifetime of the filter,” Mr. Norred added."
I'm a bit confused. Is the "pesticide" pure silver and/or safe ingredients or are there some pesticide chemicals that might be of concern along with silver additive?
They do not mention what the pesticide is, but it is mixed with the silver to help the filter... which seems strange to me as I'd think it would be more like a fungicide not pesticide to " help the filter last longer". But yes, the company admits the are mixing the pesticide with the silver to coat the filter.
The company's complaint is it's not for pests it just helps the filter to last longer???
I would think any pesticide would be of concern to me.
In that case I also think EPA would be wise in marking it with a pesticide label IMO.
What was the upshot here? Toxic or not? I have one with double filters and backups. Primary water is a well with super duty filtration system.
From the Article, they do not mention what the pesticide is though. Hum.
"The use of the antiviral silver in Berkey filters has been found to trap more than 99 percent of COVID-19 strains, Mr. Norred said.
“Silver is often used in pesticides for pesticidal purposes. The EPA has latched on to the use of silver to protect the filter, and said you’re using silver and you are making pesticidal claims—poof, you’re a pesticide.”
“We do use a registered pesticide that has silver in it. So the filters are technically a treated article because there is a pesticide Berkey uses to protect its filters. But that pesticide does not have any pesticidal purpose for the water. It just protects and lengthens the lifetime of the filter,” Mr. Norred added."
Thank you. False alarm.
I'm a bit confused. Is the "pesticide" pure silver and/or safe ingredients or are there some pesticide chemicals that might be of concern along with silver additive?
They do not mention what the pesticide is, but it is mixed with the silver to help the filter... which seems strange to me as I'd think it would be more like a fungicide not pesticide to " help the filter last longer". But yes, the company admits the are mixing the pesticide with the silver to coat the filter. The company's complaint is it's not for pests it just helps the filter to last longer??? I would think any pesticide would be of concern to me. In that case I also think EPA would be wise in marking it with a pesticide label IMO.