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SynergistNOW, a blog created and delivered by the American Industrial Hygiene Association, offers ideas, insights, and perspectives on important topics affecting industrial and occupational hygiene professionals, written by and for experienced IH/OHs, researchers, academics, and AIHA leaders.​​


The opinions, claims, conclusions, and positions expressed on this blog are those of the author or person quoted and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors, AIHA®, The Synergist®, or SynergistNOW.

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Touchstone... by Larry Sloan: Perspectives from AIHA's CEO.

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Serial: Installments on important issues in IH.

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Women in IH: Perspectives from the WIH community.

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Essentials Series: Installments from AIHA'sEssentials ebook series.

August 9, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Monthly Weekly

The Monthly Weekly: Federal Agencies Tackle Lead and Other Hazards

OSHA's announcement of beginning the process to revise its standards for lead exposure gained the attention of OEHS professionals. Over the past month, chemical and material hazards have also been the focus of other U.S. federal agencies.
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August 4, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

Focusing on What Matters Most

What do you value? What’s most important? What public policies should AIHA focus on? What states should we be particularly active in? Your answers to all these questions and more will help inform AIHA’s government relations strategy in 2023.
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August 2, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Can People Be “Inoculated” Against Misinformation?

One of the problems that have confounded emergency preparedness professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic is the speed with which misinformation and disinformation flourishes.
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July 28, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

From the Archives: Readings in Ethics

A fruitful collaboration with the Joint Industrial Hygiene Ethics Education Committee helps The Synergist publish articles that present hypothetical case studies of ethical quandaries to prepare readers for how to approach ethical conflicts at work.
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July 26, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Preserving History, Protecting Safety

Many items in the Indiana Medical History Museum's collection are thought to be hazardous. To address health and safety issues in the facility, IMHM staff are working with Purdue's OEHS program and IUPUI's museum studies department.
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July 22, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Toolbox

The Non-Realized Costs of an Accident

Missed workdays due to injury, medical costs, insurance costs, and time-loss payments are just the tip of the iceberg: the hidden, or non-realized, costs of accidents are much greater and figure prominently into companies' bottom lines.
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July 19, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • AIHA University

Meet Chuck Geraci, Chair of AIHA’s Content Portfolio Advisory Group

Early this summer, AIHA member Chuck Geraci started his new role as head of the AIHA Content Portfolio Advisory Group. Ina Xhani chatted with him about his involvement with AIHA, what CPAG is, and what he hopes to achieve during his one-year tenure.
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July 14, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Essentials Series

Strategies for Work During a Pandemic

Preventing and managing COVID-19 in the workplace must be a significant concern for employers. COVID-19 could remain a threat to employee health and safety for at least the next five years, according to Anthony Harris, MD, MBA, MPH.
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July 12, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

Tune Out the Noise

In 2016, USA Today covered a construction worker who left his job due to extreme symptoms of hearing loss and hearing sensitivity caused by noise exposure. NIOSH has reported that around 22 million workers are exposed to damaging noise every year.
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July 8, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

AIHA’s New Strategic Plan: The Advocacy Domain

A previous post introduced the domains of AIHA's strategic plan: community, awareness, advancement and dissemination of knowledge, integrity of professional practice, and advocacy. This post highlights the last domain: advocacy.
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July 5, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • AIHA University

Technical Frameworks: Resources on Core OEHS Knowledge

AIHA University has published 11 technical frameworks that are intended to provide practitioners and stakeholders with baselines of knowledge on the components of OEHS subject areas.
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June 30, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Essentials Series

A COVID-19 Case Study: Protecting California Grocery Workers

After hearing personal accounts about how the pandemic had affected essential workers, especially grocery store workers, graduate student Constancia Dominguez joined a research project to gather information about their experiences.
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