The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act final rule includes an industrial hygienist because an IH’s observations and skills are rooted at the workplace. IHs are trained to use the hierarchy of controls to achieve reasonable accommodation for pregnant workers.
Full article: EHS Pros Should Have Ethical Duty to Understand All Laws Regarding Worker Safety
Source: Safety Best Practices
A practical way to reduce high-consequence events without relying on luck, warnings, or slogans.
Full article: Risk-Weighted Work: Matching Task Exposure to Experience and Brain Science
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Views of a “renegade” industrial hygiene faction believe that the AIHA is more than just an obstacle to the success of the PWFA.
Full article: The Industrial Hygiene Law Project Redux
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EU’s EMF Directive requires employers to conduct and communicate risk assessments, especially for EMF sources measured above action levels.
Full article: What Should You Do About Electromagnetic Fields in the Workplace?
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The rise of intellectual diversity and controversial beliefs in the occupational health and safety community.
Full article: How Varied Perspectives Will Shape the Future of Workplace OHS Practices
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OHS pros that report through the safety and health department are mostly influenced by OSHA compliance. OHS pros that report to HR lean more to a workers’ compensation mindset. OHS pros that report through production are heavily influenced by costs and hierarchy of controls.
Full article: Personal Liability for Your Negligence? Why OHS Pros Today Need a Legal Mindset
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Occupational safety and industrial hygiene — which one should be emphasized for your professional growth in the coming years?
Full article: Professional Growth: Occupational Safety or IH?
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Are you ready to face the challenges of the world’s No. 1 risk? The skill you will need to conquer this challenge is rigorous skepticism.
Full article: The Global Risks Report 2025: What’s the Real Danger?
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President Trump’s “Make Our Children Healthy Again” Assessment Report, was released May 22, 2025.
Full article: Children’s Health: Ten Solutions Offered to the MAHA Commission
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It’s time to toughen up buttercups. Trump 2.0 dismantling of traditional OHS as we knew it, is far from complete.
Full article: How to Succeed in The Complex World of Conflict Mitigation
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