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Table of Contents by Issue
January
President’s Message
Updating AIHA’s Bylaws
By Deborah Imel Nelson
Risky Business
Stripped Down
By Frank Mirer
Insight: Ethics
The IH Who Knew Too Much
By Jeff Throckmorton and D. Jeff Burton
From “Just in Time” to “Just Next Door”
21st Century Manufacturing Challenges and Opportunities for Industrial Hygienists
By Charles Geraci and Laura Hodson
How to Buy Safer, Quieter Tools
A Process Management Approach to Reducing Noise and Hand-arm Vibration while Improving Productivity
and Quality
By Edward Zechmann, Mark Geiger, and Bryan Beamer
Integrating IH into Healthcare
Key Concerns for a Rapidly Growing Field
By Roberta Smith
By the Numbers
Noise in Airplane Cabins
February
President’s Message
Expanding Our Role in Sustainability
By Deborah Imel Nelson and Alan Leibowitz
In Memoriam
John Ambrose Pendergrass Jr.
Special Section
AIHA Candidates’ Forum
Insight: Professional Growth
Dive Right In
By Samantha Connell
The Symbiotic Workplace
A Strategy to Achieve the Promise of Exoskeletons
By Albert W. Moore II and Divya Srinivasan
A Close Look at Portland Cement
Respirable Crystalline Silica and Other Hazards of a Familiar Substance
By Veronica Stanley
Solving the Right Problems
A Simple Model to Take Your Organization Beyond Compliance
By Matt Adams
By the Numbers
Flavoring Chemical Exposures at a Vape Shop
March
President’s Message
Electing the AIHA Board
By Deborah Imel Nelson
Letters
Opioids Revisited
In Memoriam
Howard Kusnetz
By Bob Lieckfield
Insight: Engineering
Getting Ventilation Right
By D. Jeff Burton
Predictive Purposes
Will Big Data Change Industrial Hygiene?
By Ed Rutkowski
Decision Time
Exposure Models for Emergency Response
By Dyron Hamlin
Powder Handling in Production
Reducing the Hazards of Bulk Powders in the Agrochemical Industry
By Samantha Connell and Brian Schmidt
By the Numbers
Frequent Exertion and Standing at Work
April
President’s Message
Total Worker Health for All?
By Deborah Imel Nelson
Letters
An Even Closer Look at Portland Cement
Risky Business
The DC Circuit Court Addresses Silica
By Frank Mirer
AIHce EXP 2018 Preview
Shaping the Future of IH
By Kay Bechtold
Insight: Ethics
Responses to “The IH Who Knew Too Much”
No Boundaries
IH’s Role in Preventing the Transmission of Highly Hazardous Communicable Diseases
By Aurora Le and Shawn Gibbs
Continuity of Protection
Considerations for Decontaminating Personal Protective Equipment
By Fred Bolton
Fending Off Outrage
Why Do Risk Communication When Nobody’s Endangered and Nobody’s Upset (Yet)?
By Peter M. Sandman
By the Numbers
Black Lung’s Resurgence
May
Special Section
Keeping Pace at AIHce
By Cynthia A. Ostrowski
Special Section
AIHce EXP 2018 Exhibitors
President’s Message
The AIHA Partnership
By Deborah Imel Nelson
Insight: Risk Assessment
Transform Your Risk Culture
By Charles Redinger
In Hamilton’s Footsteps
The Experiences of Women in Industrial Hygiene
By Kay Bechtold
A Power Mission in Puerto Rico
Bringing Aid and Electricity after Hurricane Maria
By Monica Netherly
The “Bandits” Speak
NIOSH Considers Feedback from Users of its Proposed Occupational Exposure Banding Process
By Lauralynn Taylor McKernan and T.J. Lentz
By the Numbers
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis among Dental Professionals
June/July
Leadership Perspective
Safety Is a Human Activity
By Scott Schneider
Special Section
Speakers Address Emerging Issues at AIHce EXP 2018
By Kay Bechtold and Ed Rutkowski
Insight: Professional Growth
Protecting Certification
By Benjamin Jelin
The Long Road to ISO 45001
Key Elements of the First Global Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Standard
By Vic Toy
Dual Hazard Protection
Selecting Protective Garments for Both Chemical Resistance and Flame Resistance
By Curtis Hintz and Mark Tartaglia
Six Ways to Approximate Airflow
Simple Techniques for Assessing Airflow in Occupied Spaces
By D. Jeff Burton
By the Numbers
New Exposure Limits Proposed for the European Union
August
President’s Message
What You Might Have Missed at AIHce
By Cynthia A. Ostrowski
Special Section
IOHA 2018 Conference Preview
By Ed Rutkowski
Insight: Exposure Assessment
Support for Banding
By Steven Jahn
New Requirements for Labs
Laboratories and Accreditation Bodies Tackle Revised ISO Standards
By Cheryl Morton and Geneva Bowman
Quality Data
Laboratory Accreditation, Proficiency Testing, and Registries Explained
By Kay Bechtold
Flexible and User Friendly
Applying the ANSI Z9.5 Standard on Laboratory Ventilation
By D. Jeff Burton
By the Numbers
First Responders to the World Trade Center
September
President’s Message
This Is Our Journey
By Cynthia A. Ostrowski
Viewpoint
Closing the Gap between Curricula and Practice
By Bob Lieckfield, Jr.
Special Section
Synergist Series Focuses on International Issues
By Kay Bechtold
Insight: RISK Assessment
Beyond Risk Assessment
By G. Scott Dotson
Ending Modern Slavery
A New Role for Corporate Social Responsibility Programs
By Thomas P. Fuller
“Preventionists” on the Rise
Industrial Hygiene in Central America and Panama
By Eduardo Shaw
Think Global, Act Local
Global and Site Hygienists Collaborate to Protect Workers Worldwide
A Discussion with Samantha Connell and Brian Schmidt Edited by Kay Bechtold
By the Numbers
New York City’s Steam Pipes
October
(Members-Only PDF)
President’s Message
Updated Bylaws Approved
By Cynthia A. Ostrowski
Insight: Professional Growth
How to Support the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation at Tax Time
By Tim Walsh
Potential for Prediction
Using Mathematical Models to Guide Risk Management for Infectious Diseases in the Occupational Setting
By Melissa Seaton and Gurumurthy Ramachandran
Advice for Active Sampling
How to Determine the Sampled Air Volume
By Kenn White, Martin Harper, and Neil Knutsen
Labeling and Informed Consent
Risk Communication Lessons from the Genetically Modified Foods Controversy
By Peter M. Sandman
By the Numbers
Lead Exposure Limits
November
(Members-Only PDF)
President’s Message
A September to Remember
By Cynthia A. Ostrowski
Letters
Praise for “Ending Modern Slavery”
Viewpoint
Life’s Work: The Power of Photography
By Scott Schneider
Insight: Engineering Controls
Ventilation and Managing Indoor-Air Bioaerosol Hazards
By D. Jeff Burton
Sources of Confusion
Compliance Pitfalls for Common Workplace Chemicals under Multiagency Jurisdiction
By Veronica Stanley
The Case for Ergonomics
Communicating Value to Business Stakeholders
By Blake McGowan
The Ear Poisons
An Introduction to Ototoxicants
By Eduardo Shaw
By the Numbers
Laboratory Chemical Safety Incidents, 2001–2018
December
(Members-Only PDF)
President’s Message
Revisiting the Single-Candidate Slate
By Cynthia A. Ostrowski
In Memoriam
William H. Krebs, 1938–2018
By Frank Renshaw
Special Section
All the World’s a Stage: IOHA 2018 Recap
By Kay Bechtold and Ed Rutkowski
Insight: Professional Growth
How to Create a Successful Internship Program
By Mary Ellen Brennan and Franky Spangler
Preventing Workplace Violence
Strategies for Keeping Work Sites Safe
By Matthew Bailey, Kristen Spicer, and Traci Byrd
Not All Gloves Are Created Equal
Guidelines and Tools for Selecting and Using Chemical-Resistant Products
By Robert N. Phalen
Risk in the Healthy Place of Work
Improve Risk Analysis through Structured Decision Making
By Fred W. Boelter and Charles F. Redinger
By the Numbers
Combustible Dust Incidents, 2006–2017