CURRENT ISSUE
LEAD
Rethinking the Lead Standard
Lead has been in the industry-to-hospital pipeline for generations and has become a ubiquitous part of many trades. OEHS professionals need to understand that regulatory authorities across the United States are changing their requirements for lead, and that community exposures may affect the workforce as well.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Battle of the Bands
As IH professionals, we love the details: data, measurements, numbers. The ability to measure something elusive in a quantitative way feels like taking control; we make sense of the chaos, squeezing logic out of the mess. But what happens when this approach fails due to lack of data or exposure limits?
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
Protecting Against Engineered Nanomaterial Exposures
Nanoparticles' unique properties lead to increased health concerns. Therefore, selection of appropriate personal protective equipment for protection against dermal exposure to nanoparticles is increasingly important in the workplace.
INSTRUMENTATION
Practical Examples of Alarm-Setting Guidance, Part 3
The AIHA Real-Time Detection Systems Committee has partnered with The Synergist to provide a third practical example of alarm-setting guidance in action. This scenario concerns the use of a fixed carbon dioxide measurement system in a brewery.
YOUR INPUT IS REQUESTED
How Is AI Used in Your Work Settings?
Artificial intelligence has been much in the news since ChatGPT launched in 2022. AIHA is beginning to explore this topic. Please use this form to tell us how AI is used in your work settings.
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Plain Language: The Antidote to Alert Fatigue?
Renee Hartsook, a consulting toxicologist, writes: "OEHS is a profession that relies on influence more than authority. To achieve our goal of protecting worker health, we must examine how we communicate."
BY THE NUMBERS
Health Workers’ Mental Health
Health workers in the United States “continued to face a mental health crisis in 2022,” according to CDC’s analysis of data from the Quality of Worklife module of the nationally representative General Social Survey.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
IH PROFESSION
Banding Together: Making the Case for Occupational Exposure Bands
From the May 2022 issue: Setting occupational exposure limits can be resource intensive, and the number of chemical substances in use vastly exceeds the number of chemicals with OELs. So, OEHS professionals have begun searching for additional strategies for chemical risk assessment and management. One strategy gaining stronger acceptance and increasing utility is occupational exposure banding.
MANUFACTURING
21st-Century Manufacturing Challenges and Opportunities for Industrial Hygienists
From the January 2018 issue: Technologies like additive manufacturing and robotics are changing manufacturing, and industrial hygienists must reconsider how potential worker health and safety risks are evaluated and managed.
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Mental Health in the Workplace: Tips for Supporting Workers’ Mental Well-Being
From the October 2021 issue: As occupational and environmental health and safety professionals have grappled with COVID-19, another crisis is affecting workers around the world. Increased stress and isolation related to the pandemic have highlighted mental health as an important workplace safety and health concern, and many people have made public the struggles they previously managed in private.
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