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Synergist Blog

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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April 4, 2018
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

​AIHA as Coalition-builder

Editor’s note: this is the fourth post in a series on AIHA’s strategic plan. The previous posts are “Where in the World Are We with Our Strategic Plan?,” “Tending Our Content,” and “Maximizing Value for Members.” The 2016–2018 AIHA Strategic Plan is ...
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March 29, 2018
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Why OHS Professionals Are Turning Toward Total Worker Health

Editor’s note: AIHA is one of several organizations partnering with NIOSH on the 2nd International Total Worker Health Symposium. As the nature of work changes, and public health issues change, our approach to worker health and safety must change too...
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March 26, 2018
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  • Women in IH

Introducing the Women in IH Community

AIHA will launch the Women in Industrial Hygiene Community, a career resource and mentoring environment for women in industrial hygiene and related fields, during AIHce EXP 2018 in Philadelphia, Pa. AIHA members of the Women in IH Working Group began...
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March 20, 2018
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The Legislative Process in the Land of Lincoln: Protecting our First Responders from the Dangers of Opioids

By living in Springfield, the capital of Illinois and home of President Abraham Lincoln, I have had the opportunity to work in the capitol complex for the past 20 years. Fortunately, I was in familiar surroundings when I attended the hearing before t...
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March 12, 2018
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Maximizing Value for Members

Editor’s note: this is the third post in a series on AIHA’s strategic plan. The previous posts are “Where in the World Are We with Our Strategic Plan?” and “Tending Our Content.” Our next installment of where we are with the current strategic plan fo...
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March 6, 2018
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  • Serial

​Are All Workplace Chemical Exposures Recordable?

Sponsored by Lion Technology, Inc. Last year, a lawyer wrote to OSHA to request clarification about a specific chemical exposure incident that occurred at a workplace. Three employees were exposed to 15 percent hydrofluoric acid when an acid line rup...
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February 27, 2018
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  • Serial

OSHA’s New Regulation on Crystalline Silica: What You Need to Know

Sponsored by Cority OSHA has issued two new standards to protect workers from exposure to respirable crystalline silica. Enforcement of this rule first went into effect for the construction industry last September. On June 23, 2018, enforcement will ...
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February 22, 2018
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  • The Toolbox

​Noise Instrument Integrator Settings: What the Differences Show Us about Current Noise Exposure Standards

Sponsored by OHD, LLLPMany modern noise measurement instruments are able to assess noise levels against a number of different occupational noise exposure standards such as OSHA, NIOSH/ACGIH, and the European Union’s Physical Agents (Noise) Directive....
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February 21, 2018
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  • I Am IH

Photo Essay Contest: A Noise Study on an Aircraft Carrier

Editor’s note: AIHA’s IAMIH campaign encourages members to spread awareness about the industrial hygiene profession, share why they love what they do, and inspire others to enter the field. As part of the 2017 IAMIH Leadership Challenge, AIHA held a ...
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February 14, 2018
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  • 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
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  • 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
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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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