ABSTRACT
Industrial hygiene is the science and art dedicated to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of workplace hazards that may cause worker injuries or illnesses. Today’s industrial hygienist is a person trained and educated in physics, biology, chemistry, safety, engineering, or environmental sciences. In addition, a certied industrial hygienist (CIH) is someone with the requisite education, who has applied to the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) and who has successfully completed an examination. The industrial hygienist must have a broad spectrum of knowledge in safety, ventilation, illumination, radiation, biological sciences, noise, ergonomics, thermal stressors, and a wide variety of other topics. Each of these topics will be discussed in detail within their own individual chapters. The industrial hygienist, while concerned with physical safety, focuses on the prevention of worker illnesses caused by work place exposures to various chemicals, substances, and elements.
