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EVA M. GLOSSON, FEATURE AUTHOR
Eva M. Glosson, MS, is an industrial hygiene compliance supervisor at the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, Division of Occupational Safety and Health in Seattle.
KAT GREGERSEN, FEATURE AUTHOR Kat Gregersen, MPH, is an industrial hygiene compliance supervisor at the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, Division of Occupational Safety and Health in Seattle.
THOMAS SLAVIN, FEATURE AUTHOR
Thomas Slavin, CIH, CSP, CSHM, CPEA, FAIHA, is a consulting industrial hygienist for Cardno ChemRisk.
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MORTAL EXPOSURES
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE IN THE DEATH CARE INDUSTRY
In 2017, more than 2.7 million people died in the United States. What happened to their bodies after they died? They were cared for by workers in America’s death care industry—those employed by funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematoria.
BY EVA M. GLOSSON AND KAT GREGERSEN
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A NOMOGRAM FOR LAB HOODS
Important parameters for lab hood performance are linked by complex equations. Using a simple nomogram allows occupational health and safety professionals to quickly and easily determine approximate values when two or more parameters are known.
BY D. JEFF BURTON
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THE EVOLUTION OF PERSONAL AIR SAMPLING
Sponsored by Casella
Who can remember a time before the personal air sampler, or PAS? My guess is that not many do. Commercially, the PAS dates back to the early 1960s in Europe and the U.S.—a time when AIHA only had a few hundred members.
BY JUSTIN STEWART
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TACKLING AIR SAMPLING
Sponsored by Casella
Air sampling pumps are regularly used in monitoring activity, but there are still a number of do's and don'ts that act as worthy reminders for effective monitoring. There is lots of guidance on using pumps. This article discusses some of these do's and don'ts as well as some lesser known issues.
BY JUSTIN STEWART
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Mortal Exposures
Industrial Hygiene in the Death Care Industry
