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RPF’s MacDonald Certified

Northwood, NH – Benjamin MacDonald, a senior environmental health and safety consultant with RPF Environmental, Inc,, recently passed the American Board of Industrial Hygiene exam and earned his Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) credentials.

Ben MacDonald

Industrial hygiene is the science of protecting and enhancing the health and safety of people at work and in their communities. An individual with CIH credentials has met the requirements for education and experience, and through examination, has demonstrated a minimum level of knowledge and skills in the following subject matter areas: air sampling, instrumentation and analytical chemistry; basic science, toxicology, and biohazards; biostatistics and epidemiology; community exposure; engineering controls/ventilation; ergonomics; health risk analysis and hazard communication; IH program management; noise and thermal stressors; nonengineering controls; radiation – ionizing and nonionizing; and work environments and industrial processes.