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SynergistNOW

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.​​


The opinions, claims, conclusions, and positions expressed on this blog are those of the author or person quoted and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors, AIHA®, The Synergist®, or SynergistNOW.

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Touchstone... by Larry Sloan: Perspectives from AIHA's CEO.

The Membership Experience: The ins and outs of AIHA membership.

I Am IH: Interviews with AIHA members.

Dialogues: Q&As with IH leaders.

Serial: Installments on important issues in IH.

The Monthly Weekly: Highlights from the previous month's news published in the Synergist Weekly.

The Toolbox: Technical topics.

Women in IH: Perspectives from the WIH community.

AIHA University: The latest educational offerings from AIHA.

Washington Insider: Perspectives from AIHA's Government Relations director.

Essentials Series: Installments from AIHA'sEssentials ebook series.

August 22, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Filling the Pipeline: Leveraging Our Professors

With the increasing prevalence of natural and human-caused disasters, the need for qualified occupational and environmental health and safety experts has never been greater. But many college students aren't even aware of this rewarding profession.
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August 17, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

New Bill Seeks to Improve the Learning and Working Conditions of Millions of School Students and Staff

Every student, teacher, and school employee deserves to learn and work in a safe and healthy environment. Yet many schools face significant health and safety challenges. A new bill in Congress seeks to help improve this situation.
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August 10, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Maximize ROI from Your EHS Training Budget

By making informed decisions about training, EHS leaders can drive higher rates of compliance, improve staff engagement, and lower the risk of accidents and injuries. Selecting the right training provider is a critical first step.
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August 8, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Better Training, Better Safety Data Sheets

Safety data sheets provide critical information on chemical properties, hazards, routes of exposure, safe transport, storage, handling, and use. Creating useful SDSs requires specialized knowledge, yet training on SDS is relatively uncommon.
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August 3, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • AIHA University

ESG: Why You Need to Engage and Lead

Whether you're in the field or engaging in policy or governance-level activities, you are expected to understand the basics of the IH and OHS metrics that feed into the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) decision-making process.
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August 1, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Addressing Climate, Health, and Equity in the Built Environment

More than 85,000 chemicals are listed in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Substances Control Inventory, or TSCA Inventory. Many chemicals of concern are ubiquitous in the United States, including in environments where people live and work.
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July 27, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Three Thoughts on Leadership in OEHS

At AIHce EXP 2023, Jason Kunz joined host Bob Krell for a live recording of the Healthier Workplaces Show, during which they discussed advice from professional luminaries to younger OEHS leaders. This post shares highlights from their discussion.
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July 20, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Toolbox

DIY Steps to Reduce Noise

Protecting employee hearing and reducing noise improves comfort, verbal communication, and overall health. This post shares examples and tips from the author's experience as an industrial hygienist for a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant.
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July 18, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Workshop Examines Opportunities for the Use of Exposure Modeling in Occupational Risk Assessment

The third webinar in the Many Paths – One Goal series brought together industrial hygienists, exposure modelers, data scientists, and risk assessors to discuss availability, selection practices, and strategies for optimizing use of modeling tools.
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July 13, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

An Untapped Source of Future OEHS Professionals

Technician-level OEHS practitioners often have valuable on-the-job experience. AIHA should provide entry-level training targeting a cross-section of relevant occupations so they can become better skilled at hazard analysis and exposure assessment.
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July 11, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

Join AIHA's State Team Program for a Brighter Future

Every day, state lawmakers make decisions that impact your work. AIHA tries to cover as much state legislation and regulation as possible, but we need members to raise their voices in state legislatures on the issues affecting them the most.
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July 6, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

AIHce EXP 2023: The First Timers' Experience

Attending a professional conference can be overwhelming, especially as a student, early career professional, or first timer. In this post, three OEHS professionals share their experience with how AIHce EXP 2023 welcomed first-time attendees this May.
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