Trends in employee health service : Margaret F. McKiever, editor.

  • United States. Public Health Service. Division of Occupational Health
Date:
1965]
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    The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists The Conference is an organization devoted to the development of administrative and technical aspects of worker health protection. Its membership is limited to professional personne] in government agen- cles engaged in occupational health activities. Representation of for- elgn countries gives the organization an international scope. The program was organized in 1938; membership has increased from 74 persons in that year to 740 in 1964. The objectives of the Confer- ence are to— 1. Promote industrial hygiene in all its aspects and phases. 2. Coordinate industrial hygiene activities in all their aspects and phases of official Federal, State, and local and territoria] in- dustrial hygiene agencies. 3. Encourage the interchange of experience among industrial hy- giene personnel in such official organizations. 4, Collect and make accessible to all governmental industrial hy- gienists such information and data as may be of assistance to them in the proper fulfillment of their duties. . Hold annual and such other meetings as may be necessary to effectuate the purpose of this organization. i Source: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Register, 1964. The American Industrial Hygiene Association The American Industrial Hygiene Association was organized in 1939. It had 160 members in early 1940. By 1964 membership had reached approximately 1,400, including a limited number of members in Canada and other countries. Its regular members are people engaged in industrial hygiene for at least 3 years who have been graduated from college or have had equiva- lent training. The objectives of the program are— 1. To increase the knowledge of industrial hygiene through inter- change and dissemination of information. 2. To promote the study and control of environmental factors affecting the health and well-being of industrial workers. 3. To correlate such activities as are conducted by individuals and agencies throughout industrial, educational, and governmental groups. 4, To bring together persons interested in various phases of in- dustrial hygiene. The association sponsors several publications