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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.

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

Essentials Series: Installments from AIHA'sEssentials ebook series.

May 11, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

OSHA’s HazCom Standard and the GHS Seventh Edition

This year, OSHA is updating the Hazard Communication Standard for employers and chemical industry stakeholders to align it with the seventh revised edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.
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May 9, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

OEHS From Farm to Table

The agricultural processing business is in dire need of occupational and environmental health and safety professionals. If we pay more attention to this glaring blind spot, we can create more sustainable, higher-quality farms for the future.
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May 4, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Workshop Explores Uses of IH Exposure Data for Occupational Risk Assessment

To evaluate and manage risks posed by existing chemicals in commerce, EPA has requested occupational exposure data from affected industries. But the available IH data sometimes does not address the range of exposures or processes of interest to EPA.
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May 2, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Essentials Series

Integrating OEHS Into TV, Film, and Media Productions

Workers within the TV, film, and media (TFM) industry, also referred to as the entertainment industry, have historically received little attention from the OEHS profession, although the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in increased OEHS support.
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April 27, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

ARECC: Getting the Right Things Done Right Every Day

As OEHS professionals, the five principles of our ARECC decision-making framework provide an evidence-based, risk-informed process to anticipate and recognize hazards, evaluate exposures, implement control measures, and confirm protection from risks.
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April 25, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

How the Product Stewardship Society Career Center Can Help You

The Product Stewardship Society's online Career Center can help OEHS professionals navigate the processes of improving their product stewardship skills, hiring product stewards, or entering the product stewardship field themselves.
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April 20, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Essentials Series

OSHA’s On-Site Consultation Program

Many workers employed in the museum and cultural heritage industry are not familiar with occupational health and safety practices. OSHA on-site consultants made contact and built trust with employees of museum and cultural heritage sites.
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April 18, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Talking with Students About STEM Careers

In February, a group of seventh-grade students emailed Jennifer Maclachlan. They were tasked with researching an in-demand engineering career. Maclachlan responded that she'd be happy to help and set out to organize a panel of chemical engineers.
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April 13, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Essentials Series

An Interprofessional Approach to Controlling Hazards in Museums

AIHA's Museum and Cultural Heritage Industry Working Group aims to overcome differences in knowledge and understanding between OEHS professionals and workforces outside their traditional purview through communication and collaboration.
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April 11, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Expanding Our Reach to Allied Associations and Agencies

AIHA regularly communicates with dozens of nonprofit organizations. For organizations whose interests most closely align with ours, we often consider establishing a more formal agreement known as a Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU.
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April 6, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Preventing Repeat OSHA Violations for Multi-Location Employers

OSHA's continued targeting of an employer that has allegedly exposed workers to unsafe conditions at many separate stores across the U.S. illustrates an important point about OSHA's approach to compliance and enforcement.
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April 4, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • AIHce EXP

The OEHS Professionals’ Guide to Networking

No one really works alone. But no one arrives in the OEHS profession with a network in place. In this post, three industrial hygienists, each with less than 20 years of experience, share their advice for building their professional networks.
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