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TURNING NUMBERS INTO KNOWLEDGE
SENSORS FOR SAFETY, HEALTH, WELL-BEING, AND PRODUCTIVITY
Remote wireless sensors hold great promise for empowering workers and improving risk-informed management decisions.
BY MARK D. HOOVER AND GAYLE DEBORD

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT
BUILDING BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE IN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
Teams of volunteers are attempting to define what IHs need to know, no matter their industry, specialty, education level, or career stage.
BY ED RUTKOWSKI
HIDDEN HAZARDS
PROTECTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKERS FROM ENDOTOXINS AND HEPATITIS A
Few extensive studies have been conducted on potential airborne and surface hazards at wastewater treatment facilities. This article describes the assessment of one facility.
BY BRADLEY A. PRILL
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MARK D. HOOVER, FEATURE AUTHOR
Mark D. Hoover, PhD, CHP, CIH, is co-director of the NIOSH
Center for Direct Reading and Sensor Technologies..
ED RUTKOWSKI, FEATURE AUTHOREd Rutkowski is editor in chief of The Synergist.
BRADLEY A. PRILL, FEATURE AUTHORBradley A. Prill, CIH, CSP, is president, Industrial Safety
Professionals, Inc.
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