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SynergistNOW

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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February 14, 2018
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Noise Exposure Discoveries: Correlations and Chemicals

Several sessions at AIHce 2017 focused on various aspects of noise exposure and had presenters sharing interesting insights. Correlating Noise and Silica Exposures Silica is a prominent occupational exposure hazard in many industries, including minin...
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February 6, 2018
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

​Exposures in Coffee Processing Facilities

As previously reported in the April 2016 Synergist, a team of researchers at NIOSH has been investigating occupational exposures to diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione, a common diacetyl substitute, in coffee processing facilities. Diacetyl and 2,3-pentane...
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January 31, 2018
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

USA Today Publishes Supplement on Workplace Health and Safety

The media marketing company Mediaplanet recently published a special supplement on workplace health and safety in USA Today. One of the articles in the supplement, “Keeping America’s Youngest Workforce Safe on the Job,” focuses on Safety Matters, the...
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January 23, 2018
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

The Evolving Role of Sensors to Protect Worker Health

The expert use of properly selected direct-reading instruments and shrewd interpretation of output is advancing the ability to protect worker health. “The types and volumes of data available when using sensor technology provide us with the tools we n...
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January 17, 2018
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Toolbox

Running Old Modeling Programs on Your New PC

Editor’s note: SynergistNOW welcomes its newest contributor, Mike Jayjock. Mike will be posting from time to time on modeling, risk assessment, exposure assessment, toxicology, and more. Be sure to visit Mike's blog, Human Health Risk Assessment to C...
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January 10, 2018
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Tending Our Content

This is the second post in a planned series on AIHA’s strategic plan. Read the first post on SynergistNOW. How can AIHA best use the resources it has developed over seven decades as an association? This is one of the key questions we’ve grappled with...
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December 26, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

AIHA: A Close-knit Community Poised for Success

This year marked my first full year as CEO of AIHA, and I couldn’t be prouder of the many successes the membership and staff have accomplished together. It is quite clear to me that the AIHA membership is indeed a close-knit community. We have an inc...
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December 19, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

The Story Behind the Story: Crafting Champions for the Modern Workforce

There are many ways to tell the stories of IH professionals, but the challenge is to tell it in a way that engages the younger generations. Sue Marchese and Ben Rome were faced with this exact challenge when it came time to update AIHA’s outreach mat...
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December 12, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH

The Story Behind the Story: I AM IH’s Robert Kirkby Steps Up for the Profession

We could talk about Robert Kirkby’s qualifications and AIHA involvement for days. A Certified Industrial Hygienist, he serves on AIHA’s Opioids Working Group and the AIHA Cannabis Industry Health and Safety Task Force. When he isn’t busy developing s...
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December 6, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

E-Waste: Pulling the Plug on a Public Health Emergency

This post is the first in a series on insights into exposure assessment as presented at AIHce EXP 2017 in Seattle, Wash. References to specific products or services do not constitute endorsement by AIHA or The Synergist. Due to the fast pace of techn...
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November 28, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Monthly Weekly

News Roundup: Federal Agency Nominations, Rule Updates

Over the past month, news has been trickling out of the federal agencies that oversee occupational safety and health. In case you missed it, here are some of the highlights. Nominee to lead federal OSHA. On Oct. 27, President Trump announced his inte...
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November 21, 2017
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Where in the World Are We with Our Strategic Plan?

Did you know that 2018 marks year 3 of AIHA’s current strategic plan? Did you even know we had a plan? Hopefully the answer to the second question is “yes.” But if you were not aware we have a strategic plan and would like to understand why, the sho...
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