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Asbestos clean-up

Asbestos clean-up

Date7/31/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Asbestos clean-up: Brian Sutcliffe - looking for all the world like a moon walker - strips asbestos coating off steel beams at one of nine Etobicoke schools where the material is considered a health hazard.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009007F
Wearing protective mask, Nick Muia of Dominion Insulation sprays rock wool insulation in the attic of a house on Saskatoon Dr., Etobicoke. Muia's olde(...)
Wearing protective mask, Nick Muia of Dominion Insulation sprays rock wool insulation in the attic of a house on Saskatoon Dr., Etobicoke. Muia's olde(...)
11/1/1977
Cellulose fibre is blown into an attic to increase the insulation beyond the amount provided by the original fibre glass bats laid down when the house(...)
Cellulose fibre is blown into an attic to increase the insulation beyond the amount provided by the original fibre glass bats laid down when the house(...)
1/14/1978
Cosy kitchen: Mary Jo Brennan, an energy conservation inspector with Toronto Hydro, demonstrates how to caulk a door frame in a kitchen in Toronto's East End
Cosy kitchen: Mary Jo Brennan, an energy conservation inspector with Toronto Hydro, demonstrates how to caulk a door frame in a kitchen in Toronto's East End
11/21/1984
Ottawa has banned poisonous ureaformaldehyde foam insulation in thousands of Canadian homes
Ottawa has banned poisonous ureaformaldehyde foam insulation in thousands of Canadian homes
8/9/1978
Asbestos protest: Students are scared the dust stirred up by the $10-million construction project at Central Peel Secondary School contains harmful asbestos particles
Asbestos protest: Students are scared the dust stirred up by the $10-million construction project at Central Peel Secondary School contains harmful asbestos particles
5/4/1990
Catalogue no. 405 Canadian Porcelain Company Ltd. Hamilton, Canada
Catalogue no. 405 Canadian Porcelain Company Ltd. Hamilton, Canada
1920 circa
Catalogue no.6 May 1936
Catalogue no.6 May 1936
1936
The toll, Jean-Baptiste Fortin is an asbestos miner who has been disabled 100 per cent by asbestos
The toll, Jean-Baptiste Fortin is an asbestos miner who has been disabled 100 per cent by asbestos
1/15/1976
Asbestos plant workers at Matachewan cheer at midnight when they learn Ontario government has ordered the $33 million United Asbestos plant closed for(...)
Asbestos plant workers at Matachewan cheer at midnight when they learn Ontario government has ordered the $33 million United Asbestos plant closed for(...)
4/12/1976
Asbestos has been recognized as hazardous to health since 1935, because it tends to flake (see inset) and invade the lungs. After 2 months, the Royal Commission into asbestos has barely begun
Asbestos has been recognized as hazardous to health since 1935, because it tends to flake (see inset) and invade the lungs. After 2 months, the Royal Commission into asbestos has barely begun
2/24/1975
Cleaning up: Gas-masked workers seal asbestos-covered beams in Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate in Scarborough
Cleaning up: Gas-masked workers seal asbestos-covered beams in Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate in Scarborough
3/20/1980
The Town, Thetford Mines, Que., has about 4,000 mines in its surrounding asbestos fields. The region has produced about a third of the world's asbesto(...)
The Town, Thetford Mines, Que., has about 4,000 mines in its surrounding asbestos fields. The region has produced about a third of the world's asbesto(...)
1/15/1976