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Synergist Blog

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.​​

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October 12, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

An Update on DEI at AIHA

AIHA’s upcoming virtual conference on diversity, equity, and inclusion offers a thorough program focused on DEI issues through the lens of occupational and environmental health and safety.
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October 10, 2023
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  • Serial

Resources and Approaches for Dermal Exposure and Risk Assessment

The fourth webinar in the Many Paths – One Goal webinar series, which was held on Sept. 21, brought together a panel of experts to discuss methods and tools for assessing risks to workplace dermal exposures.
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October 5, 2023
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  • Serial

AIHA Unveils Simplified Awards Program

The consolidation of the Outstanding Volunteer Group, Outstanding Project Team, and Star Awards as the Project Team Excellence Awards simplifies the recognition process, celebrates teamwork, and aligns volunteer efforts with AIHA's objectives.
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October 3, 2023
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  • Serial

Facilitating Research in OEHS

In 2021, members of AIHA and ACGIH created the Defining the Science Advisory Group. Chair and founding member Donald Weekes, CIH, CSP, FAIHA, spoke with SynergistNOW about the advisory group's mission, achievements, and goals for the future.
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September 28, 2023
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  • The Toolbox

An Insider’s Perspective on Welding Hazards

You'll encounter welding in any environment where workers must apply heat and pressure to join materials together. But do you know how welding processes work? Or what hazards welders are exposed to? Or how to protect welders from welding fumes?
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September 26, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Implicit Bias and Microaggressions as Health and Safety Hazards

Although federal laws and the Supreme Court have struck down legal segregation, bias based on race and other factors continues. Industrial hygienist Eva Glosson explained that discrimination creates both physical and psychosocial workplace hazards
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September 21, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Control Banding in Cannabis Production

Cannabis production is an industry where control banding guides risk assessment and management. Small and medium-sized cannabis producers typically lack access to occupational hygienists and have no data from which to estimate OELs.
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September 12, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Insights from Our Membership Survey

This summer, AIHA conducted a membership survey for the first time since 2020. One of the many surveys we distribute, the membership survey provides insights into all aspects of our operations and yields practical information AIHA can use to improve.
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September 7, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Creating an Effective ESG Strategy

Twenty years ago, Kathy Varol joined the Peace Corps as a recent college graduate. She deployed to Morocco to work in small business development. Her experiences convinced her of the power of business to create systemic change.
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August 31, 2023
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Three Thoughts on Fostering Global Health and Safety

One of the biggest challenges facing workers around the world is a lack of information related to occupational health and safety. Episode 21 of AIHA's Healthier Workplaces Show focused on ways AIHA volunteers are making vital resources available.
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August 29, 2023
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  • The Monthly Weekly

The Monthly Weekly: Lead, Asbestos, and Other Familiar Hazards

Lead and asbestos are among the topics of the most-viewed news articles from The Synergist Weekly over the past month.  Other familiar hazards like silica and hydrogen chloride have also been a focus of agencies and organizations.
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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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