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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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November 1, 2016
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  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan,
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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,
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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
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  • I Am IH,
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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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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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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August 30, 2016
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  • Washington Insider

Not to Lecture You…

I was talking recently with an AIHA member about the sessions he’d attended at various conferences. He lamented that even when valuable information is presented, the speaker’s delivery can leave much to be desired. “But,” he said, “I get it. We’re sc...
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August 23, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Monthly Weekly,
  • Washington Insider

Forty Years after Discovery, Legionnaires’ Disease on the Rise

Pictured: The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, site of the 1976 American Legion Convention. Forty years ago this summer, an outbreak of illness at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia sickened 221 of 2,000 attendees, ultimately kill...
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August 16, 2016
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

A Course for Noise Control

Often, people say in jest that they are able to tune out noise. But noise means different things to different people, and whether it’s background noise or white noise, our response to noise is subjective. When does noise become problematic in a work...
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