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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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February 4, 2021
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  • The Membership Experience

Get Involved and Promote the Profession

The Virtual #IAmIH Challenge is an easy way for IH leaders to inspire others, hone leadership and presentation skills, and raise awareness of industrial hygiene among our newest generation.
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February 2, 2021
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  • Serial

How to Develop and Foster a Sustainable Culture of Health in Business

This blog post covers concepts and tools that can help bring entire organizations on board with health as a value.
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January 28, 2021
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  • Serial

Two Perspectives on Virginia’s Permanent Standard on COVID-19 in Workplaces

The Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board enacted a Permanent Standard on COVID-19 in workplaces in a 9–4 vote on Jan. 13, 2021.
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January 26, 2021
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  • AIHA University

Three Ways to Improve Your Critical Thinking Skills

Critical thinking is one of the most valuable skills for occupational and environmental health and safety professionals because it empowers you to solve difficult problems while cultivating leadership abilities.
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January 21, 2021
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  • Serial

Preparing Employees for Virtual Training Success

Today, professionals rely on online learning more than ever to get required environmental, hazardous materials, and safety training.
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January 19, 2021
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  • Serial

Explore New Research at the 2021 Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting

The Virtual 2021 SOT Annual Meeting and ToxExpo will address the latest toxicological research and innovations informing occupational and public health.
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January 14, 2021
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Expanding Our Reach Abroad

AIHA’s criteria for prioritizing support for specific countries and regions reflect AIHA’s two top-level objectives for international engagement: altruism and business development.
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January 7, 2021
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Membership Resolutions for 2021

Here are some ways AIHA members (including organizational members) can make this year more prosperous and productive.
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December 22, 2020
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  • Serial

Verifying Engineering Controls: The Critical Role of Emerging Technology

The pandemic has exposed a critical gap in the toolbox of industrial hygienists and mechanical engineers—a science-based, data-driven diagnostic solution for verifying engineering controls in real-world indoor environments.
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December 17, 2020
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

The Next Level of IH/OEHS Research

As advocates for the IH/OEHS profession, AIHA means to advance IH/OEHS knowledge and application by defining a research-to-practice agenda, which will be managed by the new Defining the Science Advisory Group.
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December 15, 2020
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  • Washington Insider

Growth, Transformation, Accomplishment: AIHA’s Year in Government Relations

The beginning of 2020 now feels like a peaceful memory, but even before the pandemic, occupational and environmental health and safety public policymaking was a constant process of building, transformation, and growth.
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December 10, 2020
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  • The Membership Experience

Proud to Be an IH: The Joys and Challenges of Being a Consultant

In college, my dream was to work in huge manufacturing units producing complicated chemicals. But then I took a post-diploma course in industrial safety, which had a transcript on industrial hygiene. I’ve been fascinated by IH ever since.
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