AIHA Fall Conference Luncheon Discussion: Health & Safety in High-Tech Industry: Challenges, Opportunities & Qualifications If you are attending the 2015 AIHA Fall Conference in Orlando, Florida then please join us for an informal luncheon on Monday October 26th where we will be discussing the continuingly evolving role of industrial hygiene in the technology sector. […]
Daniel Hall Earns CIH Designation
C&IH proudly announces that Mr. Daniel Hall, PE, Director of Engineering, is now a certified industrial hygienist as recognized by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Mr. Hall has been with C&IH since 2001 and provides technical oversight for projects involving industrial hygiene engineering controls, statistical data analysis, and computer modeling. The focus of his engineering […]
How Low is Low? Lead Toxicity and Public Policy in Developing Nations
New toxicological research has found the level of childhood lead exposure that may cause impacts on health is lower than previously understood. This finding worsens the already-critical problem of childhood lead poisoning in nations with developing economies. A recent article published in The Synergist, the monthly publication of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), discusses […]
Simulation Studies to Understand Potential Exposures
C&IH’s simulation testing facility provides a unique way to understand retrospective, contemporaneous, and prospective potential exposure scenarios. The simulation chamber enables historical or present work practices to be created or recreated in a specified and controlled environment. The design of C&IH’s simulation chamber includes modifiable walls, ceilings, and surface materials, as well as adjustable air […]
Nanoparticle Exposure to be Discussed at FRaBSA
The Front Range Biological Safety Association (FRaBSA) will be hosting a discussion on nanoparticle exposure at their fall meeting. The upcoming meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 13th at 11:00 a.m. and will be held at the University of Denver. The program has been arranged by Bill Mele of Chemistry & Industrial Hygiene, Inc. and […]
Dr. Andrey Korchevskiy Earns CIH Designation
C&IH is proud to announce that Dr. Andrey Korchevskiy, Director of Research and Development, is now a certified industrial hygienist (CIH). Dr. Korchevskiy first began collaborating with C&IH in 1997 while still in his native county of Kazakhstan. In 2009, he relocated to the Unites States and joined C&IH full-time. Having earned separate Ph.D. degrees […]
“Miracle Mineral” Risk Assessment: New Information and New Models Are Transforming Asbestos Risk Assessment
Featured in the February edition of the Synergist, a monthly journal published by the American Industrial Hygiene (AIHA), is a new article written by C&IH entitled, “’Miracle Mineral’ Risk Assessment: New Information and New Models Are Transforming Asbestos Risk Assessment.” The peer-reviewed article, written by a C&IH team led by Dr. Andrey Korchevskiy with technical […]
AIHA Outstanding Project Team Award Received by ITFCEH
The International Task Force for Children’s Environmental Health (ITFCEH) was presented with the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Outstanding Project Team Award at the 2013 annual AIHA conference held in Montreal, Canada. Presented by AIHA President Allen Fleeger, the award was received by members of ITFCEH and partner organizations C&IH and SHARE International. The award […]
C&IH Receives OHSAS 18001 Certification for OHS Management System
As part of a corporate-wide commitment to promote a safe and healthy work environment, C&IH’s Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) recently became certified for compliance with OHSAS 18001:2007 standards. C&IH’s OHSMS promotes a safe and healthy work environment for all employees, contractors, and visitors by continually identifying and controlling health and safety risks, […]
Upcoming PDC: Asbestos Health Risk Assessment: Modeling, Characterization and Communication
C&IH is regularly engaged in research to further the development and application of innovative technological approaches for conducting exposure assessments and risk characterizations of workplace contaminants. This year at the 2014 American Industrial Hygiene Association Conference and Exhibition (AIHce) in San Antonio, Texas, C&IH staff members including Andrey Korchevskiy and Eric Rasmuson, and other leading […]