AIHA members are devoted to achieving and maintaining the highest professional standards for our members; work in conjunction with the American Board of Industrial Hygiene to promote certification of industrial hygienists; administer comprehensive education programs that keep occupational and environmental health and safety professionals current in the field of industrial hygiene; and operate several highly-recognized laboratory accreditation programs, based on the highest international standards.
The purpose of the local chapter is to: increase knowledge of industrial hygiene through the interchange and dissemination of information; promote the study, evaluation and control of environmental stresses arising in or from the workplace or its products, in relation to the health or well-being of workers and the public; promote the profession through the encouragement of interest within and cooperation with governmental, industrial, educational and other bodies; and bring together persons interested in the various aspects of industrial hygiene as well as those in allied professions.
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