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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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August 23, 2016
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Forty Years after Discovery, Legionnaires’ Disease on the Rise

Pictured: The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, site of the 1976 American Legion Convention. Forty years ago this summer, an outbreak of illness at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia sickened 221 of 2,000 attendees, ultimately kill...
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August 16, 2016
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A Course for Noise Control

Often, people say in jest that they are able to tune out noise. But noise means different things to different people, and whether it’s background noise or white noise, our response to noise is subjective. When does noise become problematic in a work...
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August 9, 2016
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An Error in Judgment: Improving Exposure Assessment

This post is the third in a series on insights into exposure assessment as presented at AIHce 2016 in Baltimore, Md. References to specific products or services do not constitute endorsement by AIHA or The Synergist. Some call it intuition, others c...
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August 2, 2016
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Creating Character

This post is the second in a series about the IH Professional Pathway program. Read the first post, “Transforming Perceptions.” You’ve sold the idea, but that’s the easy part. How do you bring this brainchild into the realm of reality? I knew early ...
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July 26, 2016
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An Excellent Barrier: Measuring Skin Health in Dermal Exposure

This post is the second in a series on insights into exposure assessment as presented at AIHce 2016 in Baltimore, Md. References to specific products or services do not constitute endorsement by AIHA or The Synergist. In the world of occupational ex...
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July 19, 2016
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Providing Life-Saving OHS Training to Workers in Bangladesh

The 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh thrust unsafe garment factory industry practices into the international spotlight, with a devastating 1,135 workers killed and 2,500 injured. In the face of this tragedy, many wonder...
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July 12, 2016
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  • I Am IH,
  • Serial,
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Transforming Perceptions

I distinctly remember when the idea first popped into my mind. It was during the first all-staff meeting at my new employer, AIHA. I was only two weeks into my new position as a content specialist—hardly an expert on the association, its membership, ...
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July 5, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH,
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Lead Exposure Assessment at Military Firing Ranges

This post is the first in a series on insights into exposure assessment as presented at AIHce 2016 in Baltimore, Md. References to specific products or services do not constitute endorsement by AIHA or The Synergist. Military firing ranges—both indo...
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June 29, 2016
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Survey Finds 50 Percent of Companies Unprepared for OSHA’s HCS and GHS Deadline

If your company hasn’t completed OSHA’s GHS requirements outlined under the revised Hazard Communications Standard (HCS), you’re not alone. In a recent study conducted by Actio Software Corporation, 50 percent of Environmental, Health and Safety (EH...
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June 22, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

My Site Visit to Clariant

As a new AIHA staff member with no prior knowledge or experience in industrial hygiene, one of my primary tasks was to learn as much as possible, as quickly as possible, about the field. While reading The Synergist and exploring the AIHA website was...
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June 14, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Monthly Weekly,
  • Washington Insider

What's on Tap for NIOSH's Health Hazard Evaluation Program?

For years, NIOSH’s Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Program has quietly churned out report after report detailing the findings of agency investigations of workplaces that requested assistance in learning whether workers are exposed to hazardous materia...
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June 7, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

If You Think Washington is Unresponsive Now, Just Wait Until January!

We are witnessing an election year like no other. And if you think this is something, wait until we get closer to November, or January, when a new administration comes to Washington. But until then, we still have some issues to deal with in occupatio...
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