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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.

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Dialogues: Q&As with IH leaders.

Serial: Installments on important issues in IH.

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Women in IH: Perspectives from the WIH community.

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November 22, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH,
  • Serial,
  • Washington Insider

Sketching the Future

This post is the fourth in a series about the IH Professional Pathway program. Read the previous posts, “Transforming Perceptions”, “Creating Character”, and “Finding Future-Forward Art.” Vision? Check. Direction? Check. Concept? Check. Artist? Check...
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November 16, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH,
  • Serial,
  • Washington Insider

The Process of an Emergency Response

In March 2005, an explosion at the BP refinery in Texas City, Texas, killed 15 workers and injured 170. Kate Murray-Del Aguila, an industrial hygienist at BP, was assigned to work on the company’s response to the accident. Recalling the incident last...
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November 8, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH,
  • Serial,
  • Washington Insider

Don’t Fret, Field Practitioners: You Are Not Alone

In the hustle and bustle of today’s work environment, many times it feels absolutely impossible to get everything done at the level we want it done. To describe the work of field consultants as “multitasking” seems like an understatement. You meet wi...
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November 1, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan,
  • Washington Insider

Mission and Message

This past week I attended my first AIHA event—the Fall Conference in San Antonio. My very first impression was of the high energy exhibited by the AIHA Board during our weekend meetings. In my 16-plus years working with boards in the non-profit secto...
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October 25, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

Planting Seeds

A few weeks ago my wife and I went hiking with another couple. It was a beautiful early autumn day that provided great conversation and some much-needed exercise. We started talking about our children and how we each still have one in college, and th...
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October 18, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Monthly Weekly,
  • Washington Insider

Protecting Our Nation's Firefighters

Earlier this month, members of the fire service, families and friends of fallen firefighters, and others observed the 35thNational Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, a tribute to all firefighters who have died in the line of duty. On Oct. 8 and 9,...
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October 12, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH,
  • Serial,
  • Washington Insider

Bayesian Decision Analysis (BDA) Part 1: Flipping the Profession –“Normalizing” Statistical Analysis

This post is the fifth 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. “Core to our profession is the ab...
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October 5, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH,
  • Serial,
  • Washington Insider

Sneak Peek at Next Year's Synergist

For editors, one of the pleasures of magazinework is that we’re always focusing a few months ahead. Here in northern Virginia the weather only recently started to resemble what you’d expect from autumn, but the Synergist staff is already knee-deep in...
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September 27, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

Embracing the Virtual Conference Experience

There’s an oddly persistent idea that has been heard in the learning community for years. It’s the idea that if you broadcast the sessions from your conference, you run the risk of cannibalizing your face-to-face audience. After all, if someone can w...
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September 20, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH,
  • Serial,
  • Washington Insider

Digital Synergist Series Takes Readers Around the World

One of the clear takeaways from The Synergist’s reader survey conducted earlier this year is that many readers want to see more coverage of international topics. In the new Synergist series “Pole to Pole,” industrial hygienists who have worked in cou...
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September 13, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH,
  • Serial,
  • Washington Insider

Get the Lead Out: When Soap and Water Aren’t Enough

This post is the fourth in a series o​n 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. A recent NIOSH exposure assessm...
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September 6, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH,
  • Serial,
  • Washington Insider

Finding Future-Forward Art

This post is the third in a series about the IH Professional Pathway program. Read the previous posts, “Transforming Perceptions” and “Creating Character.” Last we met, we’d figured out our scope and direction, sketched out our character ideas, and b...
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