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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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November 12, 2020
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The Role of the NextGen IH in TWH, TWE, and TEH

As work patterns and environments change, the lines drawn between the workplace, home, and community blur. The frameworks Total Worker Health, Total Worker Exposure, and Total Exposure Health help IHs protect worker health amid a changing workplace.
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November 10, 2020
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Realigning Strategies to Better Serve Members in the Pandemic

While many professional associations have struggled, the COVID-19 pandemic thrust AIHA into the national spotlight. AIHA has turned the challenges into an opportunity to connect with and motivate its members.
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November 5, 2020
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EHS Generalists: Key Allied Partners in Occupational Health

Did you know that AIHA is responsible for oversight of the ABET academic criteria not only for industrial hygiene programs, but also for environmental health and safety programs? AIHA is working with ASSP to review and update the EHS criteria.
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November 3, 2020
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The Future of Work and the Reimagined Industrial Hygiene Profession

The world is entering the fourth industrial revolution and consequently, the nature of work is changing. To account for future realities, the industrial hygiene profession will need to look somewhat different than it does today.
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October 29, 2020
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Helping Those Who Help Us

During my Coast Guard service, I began working to protect first responders from benzene hazards during oil spill cleanups. This was my entry into industrial hygiene, and in my civilian career, protecting first responders is still part of my job.
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October 27, 2020
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How to Use the New Best Practice Guide for Leading Health Metrics in Occupational Health and Safety Programs

Earlier this month, AIHA published a guidance document on leading health metrics in OEHS developed by the association through the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability. Here, a member of the team that created the guide writes on how to use it.
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October 22, 2020
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Should I Renew My Membership?

On the fence about whether to renew your AIHA national membership for 2021? Whatever your dilemma, I would like to reassure you of the value of your volunteering commitment: AIHA's accomplishments this year would not have happened without you.
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October 20, 2020
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The Delicate Topic of Elections

AIHA, as a nonpartisan nonprofit organization, does not become involved in election politics. With this in mind, on the eve of elections that will shape our country’s history, we’re here to discuss what the elections will mean for AIHA.
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October 15, 2020
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Filling the Pipeline

The IH Professional Pathway program, which aligns AIHA's resources with the profession's various career stages, encourages and supports the attainment of credentials and certifications like the CIH and AIHA's e-certificate and registry programs.
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October 13, 2020
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Total Exposure Health: The Role of the IH in the Future of Exposure Management

IHs pursuing Total Worker Health goals may also find useful a second, related framework, Total Exposure Health, which accounts for physical, chemical, biological, and other factors that have negative impacts on a person's health.
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October 8, 2020
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Reducing Noise and Building Accord Between Worksites and Communities

Noise from machinery and equipment is becoming a common environmental concern for residential communities. City officials, building owners, and community residents must be educated to develop fair and obtainable noise ordinances.
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October 6, 2020
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Practical Considerations on Getting Started with Total Worker Health

Total Worker Health is a framework which aims to take occupational safety and health to the next level, to encompass broader workforce health concerns such as stress, chronic diseases, and working and living in old age. Here's how to get started.
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