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June 27, 2017
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#IAmIH: Jeremy Slagley, Air Force Institute of Technology

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 #IAmIH...
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June 13, 2017
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Navigating the Legislative Process in Austin for Teen Workplace Safety

I grew up in Texas, so Austin is familiar. I stayed at a hotel right off South Congress Avenue, about six blocks away from the Capitol. I woke an hour earlier than I would otherwise so I could go over my notes again – Mark Ames from AIHA government r...
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June 6, 2017
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#IAmIH: Samuel Paik, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

​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...
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May 9, 2017
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An IH at the March for Science

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 ...
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April 13, 2017
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Build and Manage Your Career with CareerAdvantage

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 ...
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March 14, 2017
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Climate Change and Occupational Health

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...
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March 10, 2017
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Understanding the “Other Side”

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...
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March 3, 2017
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What the Oscars Reminded Us About Risk Management

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...
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February 14, 2017
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Attract and Retain Young Talent

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...
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January 17, 2017
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Talking about Science: Goodbye—and Good Riddance—to the Deficit Model

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...
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December 27, 2016
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The SynergistNOW’s Top 5 from 2016

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...
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November 22, 2016
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Sketching the Future

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...
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