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NEAIHA
Mission Statement
The New England American Industrial Hygiene Association (NEAIHA) serves
its members in the following ways:
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Providing accurate and up to date information in the fields of Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, Safety, Environmental affairs through meetings, seminars, and training sessions that will be of value to its members;
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Promoting the fields of Industrial Hygiene and occupational health and safety to the public and private sectors;
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Serving as a liaison between local membership and AIHA national.
We are always looking for new members and welcome you to join NEAIHA. If you are currently a member, we encourage your feedback along with any ideas you may for presentations, speakers, or making us and even better organization.
NEAIHA Executive Committee Elections
It is election season at NEAIHA! Executive Committee candidates and their statements and qualifications can be found in the Elections section of the website (click here). Voting starts on Memberclicks from November 2 through November 13. The electronic form can be accessed by clicking here.
SAVE THE DATE FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS!
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 - Evening Technical Meeting: IH Research at Universities and Colleges
The Brew Exchange
201 Cabot Street, Lowell, MA
5:00 pm
The meeting is being held in conjunction with UMass Lowell. We encourage student participation, so if you know any students or young OEHS folks, please bring them along! And remember, FREE registration for student members! Click here for agenda and registration.
SAVE THE DATE FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS!
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 - Annual Joint ASSE/NEAIHA Evening Technical
Meeting
This
meeting is being sponsored by Fire and Rescue Training, Inc. of
The Best Western
Details and registration information to follow.
Plan ahead for next year’s conference!
Four Points Sheraton
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
NEAIHA held its annual industrial hygiene conference and vendor exhibition
at the Sheraton Needham Hotel in Needham, MA on September 30, 2009.
Eight speakers presented current industrial hygiene topics to
approximately 185 conference participants.
In addition, representatives from 37 environmental and occupational
health and safety companies were present with booths in the exhibition hall.
This year held a different format with a chance for meeting attendees
to interact with the keynote speakers.
Barry Beder, Vice President of AllOne Health, presented “Innovation
in Human Error Reduction,” and David Ropeik, Ropeik and Associates, spoke
about “The Need for Better Risk Communication.”
Both speakers led breakout sessions giving meeting attendees an
opportunity to further discuss human error and risk communication.
Aaron Trippler, Director of Government Affairs at AIHA, provided an
update on federal and state governmental issues.
Daniel
Erwin, Network Industrial Hygienist, VA New England Healthcare System, and
Dr. Alfred DeMaria, State Epidemiologist, Massachusetts Department of Public
Health, led a workshop on “Effective Interventions for Influenza Response.”
The afternoon session also included vendor presentations on the
latest advancements in services and products for occupational and
environmental health and safety professionals.
The conference offered participants an opportunity to fulfill the CIH
ethics requirement through the ethics seminar presented by Bonnie Weeks,
Genzyme Corporation, and Pam Greenley,
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Copies
of the presentations are available on the presentation tab of the NEAIHA
website. For additional pictures
from the conference, click here to
view the slide show.
Barry Beder, AllOne Health, discussed human factors, such as stress, and their effect on safety in the workplace. Beder is shown above on the left with Paul Webb, NEAIHA President-Elect.
David
Ropeik, Ropeik and Associates, discussed how human emotion plays a role is
risk perception. Ropeik is shown
on the left with Andy Kalil, NEAIHA President.
Aaron Trippler, AIHA, is pictured on the left with Paul Webb, NEAIHA President Elect. Trippler provided an inside look at what’s to come for OSHA and NIOSH.
Daniel
Erwin, VA New England Healthcare System, and Dr. Alfred DeMaria,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, discussed transmission and
prevention of H1N1 Influenza.
Andy Kalil, NEAIHA President, is shown on the left presenting speaker
appreciation gifts to Dr. DeMaria (center) and Erwin (right).
Bonnie
Weeks, Genzyme Corp., (right) and Pam Greenley, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, (left) led an ethics seminar.
Cole
Stanton, Vice President of National Accounts, Fiberlock Technologies,
presented “Strengthening Scopes in Mitigation of Environmental Hazards in
Buildings,” such as asbestos, lead, and mold.
Alyson
Fortune, Air Quality Scientist, Columbia Analytical presented “Defective
Chinese Drywall:
Joel Myerson, Safety, Inc. presented the latest technology in gas detection, such as the Gasmet FTIR gas analyzer and Dräger sensor.
Emails and Other
Communication
We are doing almost all of our
communication electronically these days. Please let us know if you are
not receiving email correspondence of if your contact information changes.
Contact NEAIHA Secretary Bob Weker at
rweker@gmail.com
or rweker@post.harvard.edu with
any changes.
2009 NEAIHA Dues
NEAIHA local section dues for
2009 are due. Since we are on a fiscal calendar similar to AIHA
national we would appreciate you paying dues in a timely manner. You
can pay dues via
Memberclicks or by check.
If you are unsure of your membership status contact
NEAIHA Secretary Bob Weker at
rweker@gmail.com or
rweker@post.harvard.edu or at (617)
324-0043.
Free
Government Sponsored ABIH Credited Courses on the Web
The AIHA Chicago Section
has compiled a list of free online courses from FEMA that can be taken for
CM points on the web. See the list with course links at
Also
click here for a list of the
more recent additional courses. Thanks go to Mary Corrigan for bringing this
to the Executive Committee’s attention and the
AIHA List Serve
The AIHA list serve is good source of IH information and a way to keep abreast of issues confronting industrial hygienists around the country and world.
To subscribe to the AIHAIH-list, send a blank (subject line and message) e-mail message to: aihaih-list-subscribe@YahooGroups.com
Industrial Hygiene Video Educational Tool
Not sure if you have seen this film from AIHA but we thought we’d provide
you with a link that can be used to educate employees, management, and the
public in general on industrial hygiene. Please feel free to spread the
word:
mms://wm.dvlabs.com/batv/AIHA_StudentVideo.wmv.
NEAIHA Website Consultant/Vendor Listing
Are you a consultant or a vendor who would like to get some valuable exposure to the IH and OHS community in the New England region? If so, please read the attached correspondence and get your company information posted on the Consultant/Vendor section of the NEAIHA website.
This correspondence also includes information if you would like to sponsor a NEAIHA meeting in 2010..
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