I think humans are pretty ignorant when it comes to how things affect our health, especially when these things are happening at such small scales. 100k every litre ? A litre a day would be 36,500,000 particles a year. What if it accumulates? Not going to discount it 🤔

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usaberkeyfilters.com

They got shut down…

Do you know this for sure - their distributor says otherwise.

I received an email saying the filters moved to boroux.com brand.

https://www.usaberkeyfilters.com/blog/2023/12/despite-the-rumors-berkey-water-filters-is-not-going-out-of-business/

I thought they did. I hope not. The frivolous complaints about them being pesticides are probably backed by bottled water company lobbyists inside the EPA. We love our berkey.

36M sounds like a big number, but the nanoscale is extremely small so the total mass will be mind-numbingly low. You can easily do the calculation assuming 500 nm particle diameter. V=(4/3)pi r^3 and m = dv are the only equations you’ll need. The density of plastics is about 0.9