Industrial Hygiene
1- Explain the role of the industrial hygienist in an environmental health and safety program.
2- Describe each of the five aspects of industrial hygiene and the best practices associated with each.
3- Share with the class any interactions that you have had with an industrial hygienist or with the field of industrial hygiene. What were the reasons for the interactions? What problem were you trying to solve? If you have not had any personal interactions with an industrial hygienist, comment on what aspect of industrial hygiene you find the most intriguing based on your knowledge of the discipline thus far.
4- Describe OSHA's standard setting process, and explain the impact of the benzene decision.
5- Discuss how OSHA uses feasibility to publicly issue its safety standards.
6- Explain what is meant by the term hierarchy of controls, and give an example of each type of control.
7- Describe how the Environmental Protection Agency started and discuss the agency's primary functions.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length each of question.