Mara Hoplamazian

So a good first step is to see what your current state regulations are and whether your state has public testing data online.

And usually that can be found through your state's Department of Environmental Services or your health department.

If you're on public water and you can't find that information through your state, you could call your water utilities customer service line to see if they have tested the water.

And if they haven't, you know, keep checking because the deadline for water utilities to test under the current EPA regulations is 2027.

That's coming up.

And so testing results should be coming in.

If you're on a private well, which, you know, like half of folks in my state are, many states have programs to help you figure out how to test your own water.

I know in New Hampshire there's also some financial assistance for that.

And there are a few maps online where you can sort of see testing that's already been done throughout the country.

One of them is from the U.S.

Geological Survey and others from this advocacy organization called the Environmental Working Group.

And you can just sort of put in your location and see what water around you has been tested.

Takeaway one, you want to know if your tap water contains PFAS.

A good starting point is your state's PFAS regulations and its public water testing data.

You can find that through your state health department or Department of Environmental Services.

You can also call your water utilities customer service line to see if they've tested the water.

And there are maps online that pull together public water testing data from the U.S.

Geological Survey and from the Environmental Working Group.

an advocacy organization.

If you're on a private well, many states have programs to help you test your water and they might also offer financial assistance.