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Consider Donating to the AIHA Connect Federal Worker Fundraiser
The American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF) led an initiative to raise funds for current and recently terminated Federal OEHS workers to attend and participate in AIHA Connect 2025. AIHF is continuing the fundraiser post-Connect to support availability of the Connect 2025 OnDemand Content to these valuable professionals. Federal OEHS employees play a vital role in safeguarding the health and well-being of our nation's workforce. Access to AIHA Connect 2025 allows them to stay current and gain valuable knowledge and skills.
Driving Business Growth and Profitability Through Modern Occupational Environmental, Health and Safety Practices
As a leading member of a coalition of allied OEHS associations known as the newly branded Workplace EHS Coalition (formerly known as the Intersociety Forum) AIHA played a key role in drafting a core principles document. The report acts as a unified statement of how business and policy should remain committed to safeguarding workers in all industries to drive business success and global competitiveness. Click here to access the report.
AIHA's Ongoing Priority: Strengthening the OEHS Pipeline
After observing the current trend of fewer new professionals entering the OEHS field, AIHA has made it an ongoing priority to strengthen the OEHS pipeline. Read our policy paper here.
2026 AIHA Public Policy Priorities
The AIHA Board has approved the following ten (10) public policy priorities based on a survey conducted of the membership. They are listed in order of importance as scored by some 440 members.
Our focus will be on the top (5) priorities.
Preventing heat-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths
Thermal stress can cause serious problems, including illness, injury, or death. In addition, thermal stress reduces worker productivity, creating significant economic burdens if left unaddressed. Heat hazards in the United States result in the loss of “approximately $100 billion per year in lost worker productivity in comparison to productivity levels prior to 1985.” The need for action is clear, significant, and pressing. Learn More
Disaster preparedness, response, and recovery
From hurricanes to wildfires, every community depends on volunteers for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. While many natural disaster clean-up risks are obvious, others are not—especially to volunteers. Some trained responders to Hurricane Katrina experienced symptoms derived from mold exposure and carbon monoxide exposure, including sinus infections, confusion, lack of sleep, slips, trips, and falls, and depression. Learn More
Strengthening the OEHS pipeline
There is a shortage of new professionals entering the field of occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS). AIHA is taking action to address this issue through outreach to students of all ages. With more OEHS professionals, we can protect more workers, businesses, and communities. Learn More.
Noise/occupational hearing protection
Millions of individuals are exposed to hazardous noise annually, contributing to permanent hearing loss. Adding to this challenge, hearing loss is generally slow to manifest, exposure to certain chemicals (ototoxicants) may exacerbate the condition, and hearing protection may not always be practical. Learn More
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Reform
EPA must more closely align with the manner in which OEHS professionals conduct occupational exposure assessments. AIHA's subject matter expertise makes us the right partner to support EPA in their efforts to protect workers and surrounding communities. Learn More
Indoor environmental quality
Indoor air quality (IAQ) can profoundly affect the health and productivity of its occupants. AIHA supports healthy IAQ through practical resources and training in ventilation, comfort factors, odor management, and more.
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Vulnerable, contingent, and temporary workers
Under AIHA’s Grand Challenges initiative, AIHA has published a discussion paper on the changing work environment and ways to protect vulnerable populations, who may lack standard employer protections. Learn More.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation in OEHS
AIHA is developing new guidance to help practitioners navigate the complexities of AI and other cutting-edge technologies. Learn More.
Child labor protections
In the US, NIOSH estimates 160,000 work-related injuries occur among children under the age of 18. On average, 40-50 child workers die annually. AIHA has published a white paper on young worker/child labor in the US. Learn More.
Professional title protection
AIHA strives to promote and protect professional certifications like the CIH credential, which recognizes best-in-class competency.
Federal Agency Appropriations and Other STEM Society Issues
As we are all aware, the impacts of the current US Presidential Administration and its flood of multiple Executive Orders (EOs) requires an extra level of scrutiny and analysis in the months ahead. The situation is fluid and changing rapidly, with many EOs tied up in the courts.
AIHA is providing the following two (2) “EO Tracking Services” for your convenience. AIHA bears no responsibility for the accuracy of the contents, as these are being managed by third parties.
For those more macro issues impacting the OEHS profession, such as federal agency funding (e.g., OSHA, MSHA, NIOSH), AIHA will continue to work with its allied associations, including ASSP and National Safety Council (NSC), and others who comprise the Intersociety Forum (ISF). A new communications piece is now available for your use when talking to your elected officials about the importance of occupational health and safety to your communities from a business-forward perspective. Click here to access.
For those issues that are broader-based and impacting STEM societies like AIHA and the overall nonprofit sector, please note that AIHA is a member of multiple coalitions who are tracking and responding to various issues. These matters include NIH/NSF research grant indirect cost allowance reductions, the deletion of critical government research data web pages, and an idea being floated in Washington to levy on nonprofits to help pay for an extension of Trump’s income tax cuts package.
AIHA is a member of multiple coalitions. These include Friends of NIOSH, Friends of OSHA/MSHA, Friends of NIEHS, and a STEM Societies group. Updates on issues discussed across these groups will be regularly communicated to our membership in a timely manner via multiple channels of communication.
2025 and 2026 Letters to Policy Makers
- Recommendations from AIHA on EPA's Draft Risk Evaluation for 1,2-Dichloroethane Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (01/20)
- AIHA Congratulates David Keeling on his Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Administration Confirmation (12/15)
- AIHA Congratulates Wayne D. Palmer on his Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Administration Confirmation (12/15)
- Letter to Congress for Support for Full Funding for Fiscal Year 2026 (12/02)
- Recommendations from AIHA on EPA's Proposed Rule on D4 Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (12/02)
- Recommendations from AIHA on EPA’s Proposed Rule on Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation
- Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (11/06)
- Consolidated Comments of AIHA on OSHA’s Deregulatory and Clean-Up Actions (11/01)
- Workplace OEHS Coalition - OHS Ecosystem Letter (10/31)
- ISF Sign-On Letter: Bureau Labor Statistics(10/14)
- Grantmaking Executive Order - Multi Society Letter (09/24)
- Sign-On Letter for NIH (09/19)
- Recommendations from AIHA on EPA’s Proposed Risk Management Rule on Perchloroethylene Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (09/04)
- AIHA Department of Education Letter (08/20)
- United Science Alliance Gold Standard Science Letter (08/19)
- CSB Funding 2025-26 - approps (08/15)
- CSB Funding 2025-26 - juris (08/15)
- AIHA Comments to EPA TSCA Phthalate Risk Evaluations (08/04)
- Sign-On Letter to Save NIOSH (06/27)
- Sign-On Letter to Support NIH Funding (06/10)
- Community Letter in Support of the National Institutes of Health (6/05)
- FY26 Occupational Safety and Health Appropriations Coalition Letter (05/13)
- Statement of Solidarity (05/08)
- RIF Request for Transparency (05/08)
- Supporting EPA Letter to House (04/30)
- Supporting EPA Letter to Senate (04/30)
- Letter to Restore ILAB Grants (04/23)
- Joint Advocacy Letter Environment to the Senate (04/14)
- Join Advocacy Letter Environment to the House (04/14)
- ISF Senate Help Committee Letter (04/11)
- Friends of NIOSH Letter to Restore NIOSH Staff and Funding (04/08)
- Sign-On Letter to Press on the Impact and Safety of Vaccines (03/19)
- AIHA Congratulates Lori Chavez-DeRemer on her Secretary of the Department of Labor Confirmation (03/12)
- Sign-On Letter to Congress Protecting Indoor Air Quality Program Funding (03/11)
- Sign-On Letter to Congress to Protect US Scientific Research (03/04)
- Sign On Letter to Congress Concerning FY2025 OSHA Funding (02/27)
- Sign On Letter Telling Congress to Stop NIH Cuts (02/20)
- Sign On Letter Emphasizing the Importance of Researchers, Educators, and Academics of the United States and Their Work (02/13)
- Sign On Letter Protecting and Preserving Public Access to Federal Data (02/11)
- AIHA’s Comments to EPA on Draft Risk Evaluation on 1,3-Butadiene Under TSCA (01/21)
- AIHA Recommendations for Improving TSCA (01/15)
- AIHA's Comments on NIOSH's Draft Hazard Review: Wildland Fire Smoke Exposure Among Farmworkers and Other Outdoor Workers (01/08)
Past Letters to Policy Makers
2024
- AIHA's Comments on OSHA's Proposed Standard on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings (2024)
- AIHA's Comments to EPA on Proposed Rule on NMP Under TSCA (2024)
- AIHA's Comments on NIOSH’s Request for Information on Human Factors and Considerations for the Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (2024)
- AIHA’s Recommendations on Updating CDC’s Guidance on the Aerosol Transmission of Infectious Diseases (2024)
- Recommendations from AIHA to GSA Improving Indoor Air Quality for Occupant Health and Performance in Commercial Buildings (2024)
- Sign-On Letter Opposing the Proposed Pay Downgrade for Industrial Hygienists at the VA (2024)
- AIHA's Comments on EPA’s Proposed Revisions to Standards for the Open Burning/Open Detonation of Waste Explosives (2024)
- AIHA's Comments on EPA’s Proposed Rule on Unpublished Health and Safety Data Under TSCA (2024)
- AIHA's Comments on NIOSH's Request for Information on Outdoor Workers Exposed to Wildland Fire Smoke (2024)
- AIHA's Comments on OSHA's Proposed Emergency Response Standard (2024)
- AIHA's Comments on EPA's Proposed Lead Pipes Rule (2024)
2023
- AIHA's Comments to EPA on TSCA Risk Evaluation Procedures (2023)
- AIHA's Comments to EPA on EPA's Proposed Rule on TCE Under TSCA (2023)
- Support for a Congressional Oversight Hearing on EPA's Implementation of TSCA (2023)
- AIHA Comments on the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Temporary Agricultural Workers Regulation (2023)
- AIHA's Comments on OSHA's Proposed Walkaround Representative Rulemaking (2023)
- AIHA's Comments on EPA's Proposed Rule on Carbon Tetrachloride (2023)
- AIHA's Comments OSHA's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on PPE in Construction (2023)
- AIHA's Comments on MSHA’s Proposed Rule on Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica (2023)
- AIHA Comments to EPA on PCE (2023)
- AIHA Feedback to CDC on HICPAC Recommendations (2023)
- AIHA Support for U.S. H.R.1631, the Pro Codes Act (2023)
- AIHA Comments to EPA on Methylene Chloride Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2023)
- AIHA Comments on National Nanotechnology EHS Research Strategy (2023)
- AIHA Letter to Members of Congress in Support of NIOSH (2023)
- AIHA Testimony on California's Proposed Lead Exposure Regulations (2023)
- AIHA Comments on California's Proposed Lead Exposure Regulations (2023)
- AIHA Comments to OSHA on VPP RFI (2023)
- AIHA Recommendations on the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act RFI (2023)
- AIHA Support for NY S1604A (2023)
- AIHA Support for U.S. H.R.1104, The Fix Moldy Housing Act (2023)
2022
- AIHA Comments on EPA's IAQ Request for Information (2022)
- Maryland Heat Illness Prevention Coalition Comments (2022)
- AIHA Comments on OSHA's Proposed PSM Standard Updates (2022)
- AIHA Comments on HUD's RFI on the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (2022)
- AIHA on Comments OSHA ANPRM on Blood Lead Levels for Medical Removal (2022)
- AIHA Comments on NIOSH Healthcare PPT Targets (2022)
- AIHA Comments on PHMSA RFI (2022)
- AIHA Support U.S. H.R.5020 Get Toxic Substances Out of Schools Act (2022)
- AIHA Support for U.S. S.2660 Get Toxic Substances Out of Schools Act (2022)
- AIHA Comments MN SF 4420 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on CT S.B.314 (2022)
- AIHA Support for U.S. H.R.5274 - The PREVENT ACT (2022)
- AIHA Support for U.S. S.4056 (2022)
- AIHA Support for U.S. H.R.7478 SAFE PLAY Act (2022)
- AIHA Support for U.S. H.R.2193 (2022)
- AIHA Support for U.S. S.1068 (2022)
- AIHA Support for U.S. S.4182 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on EPA Asbestos Rulemaking (2022)
- Friends of NIOSH FY2023 Letter (2022)
- AIHA Comments on US H.R. 7267 Cabin Air Safety Act (2022)
- AIHA Comments on US S.3944, the Cabin Air Safety Act (2022)
- AIHA Comments on OSHA’s Proposal to Revoke its Affirmative Determination Granting Final Approval to Arizona's Occupational Safety and Health Plan (2022)
- AIHA's Comments to OSHA on OSHA's Proposed Rule on Improving the Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses (2022)
- Coalition Letter to U.S. Senate in Support of FY 2023 Funding for OSHA and NIOSH
- Coalition Letter to U.S. House in Support of FY 2023 Funding for OSHA and NIOSH
- AIHA Comments on the White House's National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan (2022)
- AIHA Comments on OSHA's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Powered Industrial Trucks Design Standards (2022)
- AIHA Comments on NY A 9398 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on NY S 8166 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on NY S 1164 A (2022)
- AIHA Comments on NY A 5361 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on MD SB 700 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on MD HB 1389 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on CT HB 5247 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on KY HB 484 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on U.S. H.R.5540 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on U.S. H.R.604 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on U.S. S.96 (2022)
- AIHA Recommendations on U.S. S.3555, the OSHA ETS Clarification Act (2022)
- AIHA Comments on MD Senate Bill 320 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on MD House Bill 361 (2022)
- AIHA Comments Florida Senate Bill 1394 / House Bill 933 (2022)
- AIHA Support Letter on Kentucky House Bill 77 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on VA Senate Bill 161 (2022)
- Friends of NIEHS Congressional Funding Support Letter for FY2022 (2022)
- AIHA Comments on EPA Draft Scope of the Risk Evaluation for Asbestos Part 2 (2022)
- AIHA Comments FL SB 732/HB 887 (2022)
- AIHA Comments PREVENT Pandemics Act (2022)
- AIHA Comments to NIOSH on COE PPT RFI (2022)
- AIHA Comments OSHA Heat Stress ANPRM (2022)
2021
- AIHA Comments on NIOSH's Work-Related Stress Interventions for Health Workers RFI (2021)
- AIHA Comments on OSHA's ETS on COVID-19 (Nov. 2021)
- AIHA Comments DOL Climate Action Plan (2021)
- AIHA Comments on NIOSH RFI on Nano OEL Bands (2021)
- AIHA WIH Comments on NIOSH PPE Needs RFI (2021)
- AIHA Comments on OSHA Healthcare COVID-19 ETS (2021)
- AIHA Comments on NIOSH's PPE Needs RFI (2021)
- AIHA Comments on Virginia Heat Illness Proposed Rulemaking (2021)
- Written Testimony in Support of FY 2022 OSHA, NIOSH Funding (2021)
- Sign-on Letter CDC Guidance May 2021
- AIHA Support Letter for H.R.1195, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
- Friends of NIEHS FY2022 Interior-Environment Appropriations letter
2020
- Support Letter for NE LR459 (2020)
- AIHA Letter on MO SB 12 - The Smart and Safe Schools Act (2020)
- AIHA Letter on Safe Patient Handling Legislation in PA (2020)
- Letter to Federal Leaders on COVID-19 Business Testing (2020)
- AIHA Letter to CDC on Essential Workers (2020)
- Letter to Congress on Critically Needed Support for Associations During Coronavirus Pandemic (2020)
- Support Letter to Congress on the PREP Act and CARES Act (2020)
- Support Letter to Congress on the COVID-19 Health Care Worker Protection Act (2020)
- AIHA Comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (2020)
- AIHA Testimony on MD SB 434 Heat Stress (2020)
- Chesapeake LS Testimony MD HB 722 Heat Stress (2020)
- Chesapeake LS Testimony MD SB 434 Heat Stress (2020)
- AIHA Comments to White House OSTP on Peer-Reviewed Journals (2020)
- AIHA Comments on USACE Safety and Health Requirements Manual EM-385-1-1 (2020)
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