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Taking toll

Date8/29/1975

Names

Innell, Reg, 1926-2018 (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Taking toll: Industrial pollution kills fish and blights landscape. Cost of clean-up may be higher than fines imposed; but writer William Glenn; left; says introducing abatement measures can be profitable.

Subject

Poisons

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010906F

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