Technology is advancing for exposure monitors, such as noise dosimeters and air sampling pumps, that are worn on the body. But do these features provide value to an industrial hygienist?

Control banding and occupational exposure banding are well-established tools designed to objectively evaluate chemical hazards and support risk management decisions in the absence of defined OELs.

As AIHce EXP 2022 draws closer, and as attendees prepare to join AIHA in Nashville, the association updates attendees on health and safety at the event in the form of Ben Rome's interview with Michele Twilley and Bethany Chirico.

In February, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued the Frameworks for Protecting Workers and the Public from Inhalation Hazards. In this post, Bruce Lippy describe the work of the committee that produced the report.

If industrial hygiene data were linked to worker health data, epidemiologists and other public health researchers and professionals could more accurately estimate exposures to workplace hazards when evaluating health outcomes.

When three now-experienced occupational and environmental health and safety professionals discussed their first AIHce EXP attendances, all three reported a common experience: being struck by the conference’s scale and high level of activity.

AIHA University recently released its 2022 webinar schedule, featuring topics familiar to readers of The Synergist such as ventilation, ergonomics, hydrocarbon exposure in the oil and gas industry, and Big Data.

Outside your work as an occupational and environmental health and safety professional, you’re probably familiar with the world of music, but it can be surprising to learn how common occupational injury and illness are among musicians. 

While the insurance market is challenging and costs are increasing in specific product lines, this market cycle is a chance for companies to create a competitive advantage for their firms around the acquisition of best-in-class insurance programs.

Amid the complex challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the greatest commonality for school principals and administrators trying to protect staff and students may be the need to adapt health and safety guidance to their particular circumstances.

The application of artificial intelligence to environmental health and safety management is growing across almost every industry. AI is becoming essential to EHS decision-makers who need tools to help make sense of vast volumes of data.

The AIHA Communication and Training Methods Committee is a group of industrial hygienists and occupational and environmental health and safety professionals dedicated to improving communication of IH and OEHS concepts and training.