From the farm to the fork: fungal occupational exposure in the swine meat supply chain

Feed production, swine and slaughterhouses were already reported as occupational environments with high fungal contamination. This condition can ultimately lead to the development of several health conditions. This study aimed to characterize the occupational exposure to fungal burden in three different settings: swine feed unit, swine units and slaughterhouse.

Map of New Jersey and Pennsylvania exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail roads, &c.

Scale ca. 1:650,000.

Hydrologic unit map--1974, State of New Jersey.

Scale 1:500,000; 1 in. equals approx. 8 miles.

Area two, New Jersey /

Covers South Jersey.

State of New Jersey /

Scale 1:500,000; 1 in. equals approx. 8 miles.

State of New Jersey /

Scale 1:500,000; 1 in. equals approx. 8 miles.

New Jersey.

Scale 1:500,000; 1 cm. equals 5 kilometers.

Digital revision of USGS 1:500,000-scale New Jersey state base map /

Shows stages and operations undertaken in revising the New Jersey state base map.

Water resources investigations in New Jersey, 1972.

Scales vary.

Water-resources investigations in New Jersey, 1977 /

Panel title.

Watershed status map, New Jersey : August 1986 /

Includes indexed "Status of watersheds."

New Jersey; county subdivisions, townships and places. 1970.

Scale ca. 1:250,000.

New Jersey /

"Sources: Base map from U.S. Geological Survey, New Jersey, 1974. County, county subdivision, and place boundaries certified by local officials, January 1, 1980."

The New Jersey Meadowlands: Inhabiting an Urban Wilderness

The New Jersey Meadowlands is a thirty square mile industrial wetland between New York City and the commercial district of East Rutherford, NJ. The place is both strange and fascinating; many mysteries are hidden between the reed grasses and scattered garbage. Often exposed to subjectivity, the Meadowlands is commonly perceived as a weird, polluted, industrial, and even an other-worldly space; few know its beauty. These differing perceptions create a challenge when thinking of a cohesive identity and sense of place in the marsh. Over time, the once pure landscape has suffered from infrastructural slices, illegal dumping, and environmental abuse, resulting in fragmented land areas along the Hackensack River’s edge. This thesis explores how to inhabit an ecologically devalued and residual landscape through ideas of place-making and re-connecting communities. Investigating the paradox of this massive urban landscape and capitalizing on the ecological and educational potential of the site, lends also to a challenge of converging modern and forgotten life. Designing a place-based ecological research community within this currently placeless environment, will engage the public, re-connect lost communities, and bring a sense of renewal to the marsh.