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July 17, 2025
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Funding the Future

With cuts to NIOSH jeopardizing support for many students in industrial hygiene and occupational and environmental health and safety, the Board of Certified Safety Professionals announced a donation to support students and early-career professionals.
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June 26, 2025
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Restoring NIOSH: Progress and Pressure

Since AIHA launched our Restore NIOSH campaigns, thousands of members, OEHS professionals, and others have heeded our calls, voiced their support for the agency, and asked their elected representatives to stand up for worker health and safety.
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June 5, 2025
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Wrapping Up Our Federal Grants

Earlier this year, President Trump signed executive orders calling for the elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in government agencies and federally funded projects. To reduce our liability, AIHA pursued two courses of action.
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April 17, 2025
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Standing with NIOSH

Earlier this month, we learned the harsh news that staffing cuts will effectively dismantle NIOSH. We simply cannot ignore what the loss of NIOSH means for AIHA and the broader implications for the profession.
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March 20, 2025
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Advocacy in a Time of Unprecedented Change

In two short months, the new presidential administration has initiated tremendous changes across many areas of the federal government. Some changes, directly or indirectly, will affect or are already affecting AIHA.
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October 17, 2024
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Climate Action and Worker Health

During the week of September 23, AIHA CEO Larry Slaon attended a meeting of the National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health in New York City. The meeting empowered commissioners to actively shape their 2025 agenda across key areas.
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August 15, 2024
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Calling All Beta Testers

Few AIHA projects have generated as much excitement as the Heat Stress Mobile App, which calculates the user's adjusted WBGT index and recommends measures for mitigating or preventing heat stress. A beta version of the app was released in June.
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June 6, 2024
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Helping Business Leaders Meet the Challenges of Climate Change

In April, AIHA CEO Larry Sloan was invited to join the newly formed National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health, founded to help employers assess threats to human health and business posed by climate change.
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May 16, 2024
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Five Trends in OEHS

The consulting firm Foresight Alliance found trends affecting occupational and environmental health and safety in six areas: information flows, evolving science, workforce shifts, 21st-century health, politics and society, and IH in an AI world.
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January 23, 2024
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New Research for a New Year

Many organizations have a dedicated fund for research and development. At AIHA, IRAT projects, which stands for "invested reserves above target," are designed to support all AIHA business units, including LLCs and the Product Stewardship Society.
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December 19, 2023
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Taking Stock of 2023

Year-end retrospectives are always both fun and challenging: fun because there is no shortage of accomplishments to discuss, and challenging because I don’t want to leave anything out.
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November 9, 2023
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Commit to C.A.R.E. Helps Workplaces and Communities Stay Safe from Infectious Diseases

Airborne-transmitted diseases can wreak havoc on the normal day-to-day operations of businesses and entire communities. Public policy protocols backed by science can help mitigate the risks caused by even the most highly contagious viruses
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