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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.​​


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August 29, 2019

Total Worker Health: How Does IH Fit?

The ultimate objective of IH is to promote a healthier work environment for employees
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August 22, 2019
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  • Serial

Hidden Dangers Causing Respiratory Illnesses

For the workers who are exposed, the perfect situation is to eliminate any possible contact between the worker and the hazard. Where they cannot be eliminated, workers need the right level of respiratory protection.
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August 19, 2019

Your Story Has Power – Use It!

The Conversation Commitment Challenge is simple, easy, and fun: AIHA is encouraging everyone to have at least one conversation with someone who may not understand the important roles that industrial or occupational hygiene plays in their daily life.
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August 14, 2019

AIHA’s New Technical Staff Structure

As many of you may know, earlier this year, AIHA’s Managing Director of Scientific and Technical Initiatives, Russ Hayward, CIH, left to pursue other endeavors that we have learned will take him across the globe. During that transition, we had to do ...
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August 13, 2019
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

The Roadmap to a Successful Mentoring Relationship

So, what makes a good mentor-mentee relationship? Just like any other relationship, mentoring is a two-way street; it takes work and commitment from both parties. A productive mentor-mentee relationship needs:
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August 6, 2019
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Tips for Writing a Great Speaking Proposal for AIHce EXP

One of my responsibilities as former chair of the 2020 Conference Program Committee was to drive the education session selection process for our annual conference, AIHce EXP. The committee is always trying to select speakers who will make the confere...
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July 29, 2019
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  • Serial

Sampling Tips for Ethylene Oxide

Sponsored by SGS Galson In 2016, EPA identified ethylene oxide (EtO) as a potential carcinogen. The agency is addressing ambient EtO based on the results of the latest National Air Toxics Assessment, released on Aug. 22, 2018, which identified the ch...
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July 25, 2019
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What You Do Matters

AIHA’s mission is crucial to why you, our members, choose to be a part of the association throughout your career and beyond retirement.
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July 18, 2019
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

AIHA’s Strategic Plan for 2019–21: An Introduction

The AIHA Board adopted a new strategic plan last summer, which took effect January 1, 2019
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July 16, 2019
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

Stranger Things Meets Industrial Hygiene

If you’re like me, you recently finished watching season three of Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things. Without giving anything away, this latest season was a feast for the IH/OH eye, featuring countless instances of the anticipation, recognition, ev...
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July 2, 2019
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  • AIHA University

Never Stop Learning

In any industry, change is a constant. New research, technologies, and techniques are continuously emerging. Industrial hygiene is no exception. To do their best work, it’s important that IH/OEHS professionals stay on top of the latest trends in th...
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June 27, 2019
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Top 10 Things to Consider Before You Buy Flame-Resistant Clothing

It’s likely you know a thing or two about flame-resistant clothing. You know that it protects your workers against severe burn injuries and even death as a result of thermal incidents on the job. You know it’s also required by law in many
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