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Bleak outlook

Date7/8/1987

Names

Griffin, Doug (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Bleak outlook: Even with more than $1 billion in spending planned on pollution control; Works Commissioner Frank Horgan says there is no guarantee Metro beaches will be clean enough for swimming 20 years from now.

Subject

Pollution

Water

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Province or state:Ontario

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011016F

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