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FEATURE
The Promise of Portability
Industrial hygiene exposure monitoring data are notoriously complex, and the costs of collecting data are often high. The cost, time, and skills necessary for data collection and analyses make the sharing of exposure monitoring data compelling. Contributors, analysts, and public health entities all stand to gain by compiling and using crowdsourced data for the prevention of occupational illness and injury.
FEATURE
Introducing the AIHA Heat Stress Mobile App
In October 2022 and February 2023, members of AIHA and ACGIH participated in brainstorming discussions about managing heat-related hazards. “We need a tool that could make the WBGT data simplified, or some kind of phone app,” one participant said. Such a tool will soon become reality.
FEATURE
Taking On Climate Change
Climate change presents new challenges for OEHS professionals and exacerbates familiar ones. Risks to industry are growing due to the greater intensity and frequency of climate-related events, requiring OEHS professionals to continually adapt to keep workers safe.
ETHICS
AI in Academia: How Will It Change OEHS Practice?
As students leave college and enter the workforce, they will bring AI with them. As with any new technology, new ethical challenges are emerging. OEHS professionals need to begin having discussions within their organizations about how to use AI as an efficient tool and how to provide guidance on its ethical use.
BY THE NUMBERS
Climate Change at Work
“Climate change is already having serious impacts on the safety and health of workers in all regions of the world,” according to an International Labor Organization report published in April. ILO estimates that more than 2.4 billion workers per year are exposed to excessive heat during work.
LABORATORIES
How to Check for Quality Lab Reports
A discussion on Catalyst, AIHA’s online member forum, raised the question of how to ensure quality when reviewing lab reports. This question is difficult to answer without more information, some of which may not be well known to the end users of those reports. Author Derek Popp starts with the basics.
SUSTAINABILITY
Connecting OEHS and Sustainability
The responsibilities in the practice of occupational and environmental health and safety professionals have evolved over the decades, growing from safety to include environmental concerns, product stewardship, and, more recently, sustainability.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
FEATURE
Industrial Hygiene Data Standardization
From the December 2020 issue: Which data should industrial hygienists collect? While this decision is often left to the discretion of individual IHs, standardizing IH data would create the opportunity for data aggregation, which can help identify exposure patterns or trends that may lead to improvements in occupational safety and health.
FEATURE
It's the Heat—And the Humidity
From the April 2020 issue: Heat-related illnesses are insidious conditions that can affect almost anyone with little warning, especially since symptoms may affect one’s ability to recognize the danger. All that is needed for the onset of heat stress is for the energy and blood demanded by the muscles to compete with the body’s cooling mechanisms.
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FEATURE
Ill Wind: Climate Change and Industrial Hygiene
From the November 2015 issue: Global climate change is one of the most visible environmental concerns of the 21st century and has the potential to affect worker health and safety.
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