Gaetz presses EPA on regulating water filters as pesticides [Video]

EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is demanding answers from the Environmental Protection Agency for forcing a major water filtration system to label itself a “pesticide.”

Berkey Water Systems, the country’s second-most popular water filtration system next to Brita, filed a lawsuit against the EPA in August to stop the classification which Gaetz says is an attempt to put the company “out of business” and an “abuse” of EPA authority.

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“At a time when Americans are increasingly unhealthy and their water filled with contaminants, such as endocrine disrupters, heavy metals, and ‘forever’ chemicals, such as PFAS, the EPA should be pursuing policies within its regulatory authority that incentivize increased use of water-filtration systems, not less,” the Gaetz letter to Administrator Michael Regan states.

The move by the EPA would force Berkey and millions of other water filters to put “aggressive warning …