PATHOGENIC BACTERIA SURROGATE>99.9999% Exceeds purification standard (Log 6): Raoultella terrigena
VIRUSES>99.999% Exceeds purification standard (Log 4): MS2 - Coliphage Fr Coliphage TRIHALOMETHANES - Removed to >99.8% Below lab detectable limits: Bromodichloromethane Bromoform Chloroform Dibromochloromethane INORGANIC MINERALS Removed to below lab detectable limits: Chlorine Residual (Total Residual Chlorine) Chloramine
ALSO REMOVES OR REDUCES: Rust, silt, sediment, foul tastes and odors
Heavy Metals |
CONTAMINANT |
Reduced Up To |
Lead |
>97.5% |
Mercury |
>98% |
Aluminum |
>75% |
Cadmium |
>99.5% |
Chromium |
>95% |
Copper |
>95% |
Antimony |
>97.5% |
Barium |
>80% |
Cobalt |
>95% |
Chromium 6 |
>99.85% |
Molybdenum |
>90% |
Nickel |
>95% |
Vanadium |
>87.5% |
Also Reduces |
CONTAMINANT |
Reduced Up To |
Arsenic |
>99% |
MBAS |
>96.67% |
Nitrites |
>95% |
Selenium |
>97.5% |
Thallium |
>99.5% |
Fluoride Black Berkey filters do not remove fluoride. Berkey makes a fluoride filter called the PF-2 that can be added on to the Black filters. For more information about the PF-2 fluoride filters, click here.
The Black Berkey purification element formulation has been tested by State & EPA accredited laboratories to exceed NSF/ANSI Standard 53.
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Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Removed to below lab detectable limits
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1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (TCA) 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 1,1,2-Trichloroethane 1,1,2-Trichlorotrifluoroethane 1,1-Dichloroethane (1,1-DCA) 1,1-Dichloroethylene (1,1-DCE) 1,1-Dichloropropene 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene 1,2,3-Trichloropropane 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) 1,2-Dibromoethane 1,2-Dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane (CFC 123a) 1,2-Dichlorobenzene 1,2-Dichlorobenzene-d4 1,2-Dichloroethane 1,2-Dichloropropane 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene 1,3-Dichlorobenzene 1,3-Dichloropropene 1,4-Dichlorobenzene 2,2-Dichloropropane 2,4,5-T 2,4,5-TP (Silvex) 2,4-D 2,4-DB 2-Butanone (MEK) 2-Chlorotoluene 2-Hexanone 2-Methyl-2-propanol 3,5-Dichlorobenzoic Acid 3-Hydroxycarbofuran 4-Bromofluorobenzene 4-Chlorotoluene 4-Isopropyltoluene 4-Methyl-2-pentanone 4-Nitrophenol 5-Hydroxydicamba Acetone Acifluorfen Alachlor Aldicarb Aldicarb Sulfone Aldicarb Sulfoxide Aldrin alpha-Chlorodane Ametryn Aroclor (1016, 1221, 1232, 1242, 1248, 1254, 1260) Atraton Atrazine Baygon Bentazon Benzene Bromacil Bromoacetic Acid Bromobenzene Bromochloromethane Bromodichloromethane Bromomethane Bromoform Butachlor Butylate Carbaryl Carbofuran Carbon Tetrachloride Carboxin Chloramben Chlordane Chloroacetic Acid Chlorobenzene Chloroethane Chloroform Chloromethane Chlorpropham cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene cis-1,3-Dichloropropene cis-Nonachlor Cycloate Dacthal Acid Dalapon Diazinona Dibromoacetic Acid Dibromochloropropane (DBCP) Dibromomethane Dicamba |
Dichloroacetic Acid Dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC 12) Dichloromethane Dichlorvos Diclorprop Dieldrin Dinoseb Diphenamid Disulfoton Disulfoton Sulfone Disulfoton Sulfoxidea Endrin EPTC Ethoprop Ethylbenzene Ethylene Dibromide (EDB) Fenamiphos Fenarimol Fluorobenzene Fluridone gamma-Chlorodane Glyphosate Halo acidic Acids (HAA5) Heptachlor Heptachlor Epoxide Hexachlorobenzene Hexachlorobutadiene (CCC) Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Hexazinone Isopropylbenzene (Cumene) Lindane (Gamma-BHC) Merphos Methiocarb Methomyl Methoxychlor Methyl Paraoxon Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Metolachlor Metribuzin Mevinphos MGK 264 Molinate Monochlorobenzene m-Xylenes Naphthalene Napropamide n-Butylbenzene Norflurazon n-Propylbenzene Oxamyl o-Xylene Pebulate Pentachlorophenol Picloram Prometon Prometryn Pronamidea Propazine p-Xylenes sec-Butylbenzene Simazine Simetryn Stirofos Styrene Tebuthiuron Terbacil Terbufos Terbutryn tert-Butylbenzene Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) Tetrahydrofuran (THF) Thiobencarb Toluene Toxaphene trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene trans-1,3-Dichloropropene trans-Nonachlor Triademefon Tribromoacetic Acid Trichloroacetic Acid Trichloroethene (TCE) Trichloroethylene Trichlorofluoromethane (CFC 11) Tricyclazole Vernolate Vinyl Chloride |
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