​Editor’s note: The “I Am IH” series of blog posts stems from AIHA’s #IAmIH project, which seeks to highlight the people behind the industrial hygiene profession. These posts feature Q&As with IHs from across the U.S. More information about #IAmI...

I was one of approximately 40,000 participants (six from my church, the United Church of Christ in Valley Forge, Pa.) in the March for Science on Saturday, April 22, 2017, braving the rain most of the day. My church members included an engineer from ...

Finding a job is hard enough, but trying to find a job in a niche industry like ours is even harder. There are so many jobs out there for industrial hygienists and OEHS professionals, but where should you start? Enter AIHA’s CareerAdvantage, where ...

The “butterfly effect” suggests that one small action, like the movement of a butterfly’s wings, can ripple into significant and unforeseen consequences. While the concept was initially related to weather prediction, applying it to climate change see...

As a result of the recent election, we’re seeing more political activism and conflict in the news. Whatever our political position, people tend to have strongly held beliefs and viewpoints. One of my concerns is that the current political controversi...

Catastrophic failures can happen in any industry. While industrial hygienists and environmental health and safety (EHS) professionals are concerned with protecting the health and safety of our work force, other professionals have more abstract concer...

What do you strive for at the end of the day: food and shelter, family and friends, or fame and fortune? Maslow’s hierarchy of basic human needs, first introduced in the 1940s, has been widely applied in management training, personal development, and...

For years, a simple paradigm has dominated the field of science communication. This paradigm is called the “deficit model,” and while its name may be unfamiliar, many will recognize its underlying theory. According to the deficit model, inadequate in...

What a year at AIHA—especially for our SynergistNOW blog. When we first launched in May, our aim was to bring interesting, relevant, and concise content to our readers. We hope we have succeeded, and so far the feedback we’ve received has been very e...

This post is the fourth in a series about the IH Professional Pathway program. Read the previous posts, “Transforming Perceptions”, “Creating Character”, and “Finding Future-Forward Art.” Vision? Check. Direction? Check. Concept? Check. Artist? Check...

In March 2005, an explosion at the BP refinery in Texas City, Texas, killed 15 workers and injured 170. Kate Murray-Del Aguila, an industrial hygienist at BP, was assigned to work on the company’s response to the accident. Recalling the incident last...

In the hustle and bustle of today’s work environment, many times it feels absolutely impossible to get everything done at the level we want it done. To describe the work of field consultants as “multitasking” seems like an understatement. You meet wi...