finally

I finally found how to describe what I do in German. Arbeitshygiene
Of course, Germans might very well look at me like Americans do when I say Industrial Hygiene. It was really so much simpler when the answer was Chemist. That at least elicited bubbling beakers and mysterious whiz-bang instrumentation. Or CSI. Or Frankenstein movies. Industrial Hygiene leaves them scratching their head and wondering if I tell people to wash their hands when handling food.
Though, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Arbeitshygiene sounds more formidable than American Chemical Society.