I agree wholeheartedly. I want to thank you for your comments, and I echo your thanks to the sponsor of the bill, MP Romanado.
Screening is important, and sometimes there can be a disconnect with primary care practitioners, who may not be aware of risk factors. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the U.S. provided guidance for the practitioners of firefighters who have high rates of certain PFAS chemicals. That type of report is important, because when we have high levels of heavy metals and other chemicals in our bodies, we're looking to our doctors to give us recommendations, and they'll need to know what interventions exist to help reduce those contaminants within us.
Again, going back to Bill C-224, this framework will help provide the first step in ensuring that practitioners get the education they require about what we're exposed to, and then hopefully they'll build off that to generate recommendations for interventions.