Mara Hoplamazian

Some will be labeled PFAS-free and back that up with certifications like Green Seal or EPA's Safer Choice Program.

And for clothing, you can look for the Ocotex 100 certification.

Big picture, I think a lot of folks wonder how worried should I be about this, given that these are everywhere.

It can feel like a losing battle.

I think about this a lot as someone who got cancer when I was 34.

It was just a few years ago.

The doctors didn't find an obvious cause like, oh, you have a genetic mutation.

So they said, hey, it's likely some kind of environmental exposure that we just can't

pinned down.

So now I feel like I have to do everything to protect myself from every possible carcinogen in the environment, which just isn't possible and can drive you a little up the wall.

Yeah, that sounds so frustrating as an answer to get from doctors about, you know, we don't fully understand why this is happening.

I'm so sorry that happened to you.

Thanks.

But I think about it, and I did get a water filter for...

my house for under my sink.

And I also got water filters for my bathroom.

I don't know for sure that they're making a huge difference or that they would prevent me from getting cancer in the future.

But I just feel like I'm doing the best I can.

Yeah.

And I feel like having information about what we're potentially exposed to in the environment, like PFAS chemicals and other things, allows us to sort of like make those calculations for ourselves.