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The regulations have excellent information on professional practices.

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The regulations have excellent information on professional practices.

View 29 CFR: General Industry now

The regulations have excellent information on professional practices.

View 29 CFR: Construction

IH professionals will find this resource beneficial for allocating resources to assess and manage occupational exposures to chemical, physical, and biological agents.

Buy on Amazon: A Strategy for Assessing and Managing Occupational Exposures

The National Safety Council accident prevention manuals cover most safety topics in reasonable detail. Great source of material in preparing for the exam.

 Buy on Amazon: Accident Prevention Manual for Business and Industry-Administration and Programs

The National Safety Council accident prevention manuals cover most safety topics in reasonable detail. Great source of material in preparing for the exam.

Buy on Amazon: Accident Prevention Manual for Business and Industry-Administration and Programs

The National Safety Council accident prevention manuals cover most safety topics in reasonable detail. A great resource for preparing for the ASP and CSP exams.

Buy on Amazon: Accident Prevention Manual for Business and Industry-Engineering and Technology

The National Safety Council accident prevention manuals cover most safety topics in reasonable detail. Great source of material in preparing for the exam. 

Buy on Amazon: Air Quality

A contemporary air sampling practices and procedures book. Theory chapters cover a broad array of critical topics, including sampling strategies in the workplace and the community, particle and gas phase interactions, size-selective health hazard sampling, and calibration of gas and vapor samplers and aerosol samplers.  

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This book provides guidance on including prevention through design concepts within an occupational safety and health management system; through the application of these concepts, decisions pertaining to occupational hazards and risks can be incorporated into the process of design and redesign of work premises, tools, equipment, machinery, substances, and work processes, including their construction, manufacture, use, maintenance, and ultimate disposal or reuse.

 Buy on Amazon: Basic Guide to System Safety- 4th Edition

This is a good text that covers IH issues for bacterial, viral, and fungal species. Many IHs find themselves working with mold-related issues. Another good reference source.

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You'll find this one a bit less expensive than other references. No, it's not everything you need to know, but it's a great guide to the chemistry that emergency responders need to know, and the author doesn't assume that you have some sort of scientific Ph.D.  By Eugene Meyer.

This text covers basic chemistry for emergency responders, guiding students who are often non-science majors through the process of understanding the chemical properties that make materials hazardous.

Buy on Amazon: Chemistry of Hazardous Materials

Provides very basic information on most industrial hygiene topics. Relatively easy read. Do not recommend purchasing if you have a good library or already own The Industrial Environment: Its Evaluation and Control.

Buy on Amazon: Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene 6th Edition

Haz-Map is an occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals at work. Haz-Map links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their symptoms. It is one of the products and services made available by the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program.

Visit the Haz-Map website.

This book has two main sections. The first covers the regulatory framework for hazardous materials, and the second focuses on programs to reduce risk and liability. It has great information for test preparation as well as ongoing on-the-job references.  By Robert Jaffin.

Buy on Amazon: Hazardous Material HAZMAT Life Cycle Management

This desk reference is billed as a "one-stop science, regulatory, and management technical reference text."  It is a comprehensive collection of up-to-date EH&S regulations and guidance to help you understand and apply this information. Published by the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (AHMP).

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Back in the 1980s, these authors introduced their copyrighted Eight-Step Process for managing hazmat incidents. Plenty has changed since then, so they're up to their fifth edition. It's a good read by Gregory Noll and three other authors. A Complete Training Solution for Hazardous Materials Technicians and Incident Commanders! 

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We call this the "Little White Book." It is a short list of facts and information on each industrial hygiene subject. It is great for reviewing information, but it won't help much if you haven't studied the material in another text.

Buy on Amazon: Industrial Hygiene Reference and Study Guide 4th edition

The basic reference for ventilation. We recommend reading the first five chapters. You can pass the exam without owning this manual, but you will probably want a copy if you stay in the field for any length of time.

Buy on Amazon: Industrial Ventilation A Manual of Recommended Practice for Design 31st

Whether you are studying for an IHMM certification exam or looking for the industry's premier professional reference, Managing Hazardous Materials is a comprehensive text covering the entire breadth and depth of the hazardous materials industry. Combine this with your practical experience, and you'll have a handle on practically everything you need to know. 

Buy from IHMM: Managing Hazardous Materials A Definitive Text