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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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August 15, 2017
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#IAmIH: Third-generation IH Student Relies on AIHA to Help Navigate the Challenges of being a Woman in a Scientific Field

For AIHA member Christine Uebel-Niemeier, entering her second year as an IH graduate student isn’t just a career choice. It’s a family tradition. Her grandfather worked as a toxicologist for 35 years. Her uncle has a master’s in industrial hygiene. N...
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August 9, 2017
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My First AIHce EXP

Seattle marked my first AIHce EXP conference since I joined AIHA last fall. I had been hearing so much about this hallmark event, and I will tell you that I’m just glad it didn’t fall on my first month on the job! In all seriousness, I had the pleasu...
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August 1, 2017
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#IAmIH: "We're Living the Dream Here"

AIHA member Candice Burton, CIH, has built her industrial hygiene career from the ground up. Even deeper: she started underground working as an IH in the gold mining and coal mining industries, where she encountered no shortage of health hazards. Tod...
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July 25, 2017
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Getting to Know Deborah Nelson, Part 1

Deborah Imel Nelson, PhD, CIH, has been interested in human health and environmental conservation since an early age. Then, during her MSES program, someone suggested she take an industrial hygiene course as one of her electives. The rest, as they sa...
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July 18, 2017
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  • I Am IH

Reintroducing the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability

The Center for Safety and Health Sustainability is one of the most successful inter-association initiatives AIHA has ever joined, but until now we have flown a bit under the radar. The Center has been around since June 2011 when AIHA joined with ASSE...
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July 12, 2017
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#IAmIH: Up-and-Coming IH Tackles “Black Hole of Research” to Help Protect 200,000 Workers

AIHA member Max Chmielinski isn’t just launching his career as an industrial hygienist. He’s blazing a trail. Chmielinski is working on the leading edge of critical IH research in the emerging, controversial—and potentially dangerous—marijuana indust...
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July 11, 2017
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  • I Am IH

DNA Sequencing: The Next Generation

I have a bias, but I think that one of the great sessions at AIHce EXP 2017 was “Microbiomes of the Built Environment.” Typically, settled dust contains outdoor air particulate pollution, soil, a lot of fibers of various fabrics, and a surprising amo...
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July 5, 2017
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Lobbying: It’s Not a Four-letter Word

Let’s pause for a moment. Whatever else you’re doing, stop—for just a brief time—and think: what are the core goals of our government? After a little musing you may come to this conclusion: protection. There are no doubt many other laudable and appro...
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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 20, 2017
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The Incidental Safety Professional

“What do you do for a living?” Safety professional...safety engineer...environmental health and safety…industrial hygiene…chief safety officer... “Huh?” Wouldn’t these interactions be easier if you could answer with “accountant?” Everybody understan...
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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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  • I Am IH

#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 #IAmIH...
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