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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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August 7, 2025
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

How Long Does It Typically Take to Earn a Bachelor’s Degree?

If you or someone you know is a safety professional considering going back to school for a degree, time is an important factor. Whatever your reason for pursuing a degree, a natural question is, “How long does it take to get a bachelor’s degree?”
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July 24, 2025
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Preparing for the Next Pandemic

The next disease of global concern may not resemble COVID-19 in all aspects, but analyzing effective strategies and missteps made during the pandemic will put industrial hygienists and policymakers on a stronger foundation.
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July 17, 2025
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Funding the Future

With cuts to NIOSH jeopardizing support for many students in industrial hygiene and occupational and environmental health and safety, the Board of Certified Safety Professionals announced a donation to support students and early-career professionals.
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July 15, 2025
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  • Serial

A Systems-Based Approach to Sustainability

According to Rachel Meidl, LPD, CHMM, effective sustainability strategies require a systems-based, life-cycle-oriented approach, and narratives portraying sustainability as a simple compliance checklist are overly simplistic.
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July 10, 2025
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  • Serial

Use of the Tier 3 NIOSH Occupational Exposure Banding Process for the Graphene Family of Nanomaterials: A Case Study

The graphene family of nanomaterials is at the forefront of technological innovation. However, with great innovation comes responsibility, especially in managing potential workplace risks associated with its production and application.
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July 3, 2025
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  • Serial

Finding Stability After “Whiplash” Moments

On Megan Hammes' first day at AIHA Connect 2025, she had expected to encounter pain, confusion, and grief in response to the recent upheaval at NIOSH and other federal agencies. Instead, she found resilience, determination, grit, and optimism.
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June 26, 2025
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Restoring NIOSH: Progress and Pressure

Since AIHA launched our Restore NIOSH campaigns, thousands of members, OEHS professionals, and others have heeded our calls, voiced their support for the agency, and asked their elected representatives to stand up for worker health and safety.
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June 19, 2025
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

A New Platform for the Digital Synergist

If you’re a regular reader of the digital Synergist, you may have wondered why the May issue has been unavailable. The reason for the delay is that we were moving the magazine to a new platform.
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June 12, 2025
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Your Guide to an Industrial Hygiene Career

You might wish you had a resource laying out the skills one needs to be successful in industrial hygiene. Fortunately, this resource exists in the form of AIHA’s Core Competencies for the Practice of Industrial/Occupational Hygiene document.
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June 5, 2025
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Wrapping Up Our Federal Grants

Earlier this year, President Trump signed executive orders calling for the elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in government agencies and federally funded projects. To reduce our liability, AIHA pursued two courses of action.
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May 15, 2025
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Eliminating NIOSH Will Hurt American Workers

NIOSH has been a world leader in promoting workplace health and safety and supporting a highly trained corps of health and safety professionals. Without NIOSH, Richard Neitzel's career in industrial hygiene would likely have looked much different.
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May 8, 2025
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

What I Learned at NIOSH

It was early fall 2010. Diana Ceballos had just moved to Cincinnati after finishing her PhD and postdoc in occupational health and safety, and she was going to start her dream job at NIOSH.
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