173src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/1851553/fullMapping plans for a global early warning network to detect pollution are Drs5/7/1976Combs, ErinTSPA_0026274F7567632210531src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/1988988/fullThe pool Sally Davidson, left, and Derek Smith are testing water that is blood-red with calcine7/16/1985Boyd, AlfredTS-1-SB-601B-BOYD0027632630276506src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2205585/fullLetter from R.E. Horne to His Worship the Mayor and the Corporation of the City of Toronto, 26 June 1841, pp. 1-21841-06-26Horne, R.E.OHQ-MANU-C-W-10187689935337088src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2103835/fullWarning signs are a regular summer feature of Toronto's polluted waterfront7/24/1986Slaughter, MikeTSPA_0011031F7685426330139src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181564/fullWater from the Don Ontario 230 million gal-4/21/1970Goode, JeffTSPA_0010999F7723913372818src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181566/fullGarbage, garbage everywhere, but society doesn't seem to be in much of a hurry to cope with this increasingly serious problem. Will citizens allow themselves to be destroyed by their own waste?5/11/1966Goode, JeffTSPA_0011000F7723914372819src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181568/fullTangled metal litters the scene on beach at woodbine, City officials blame the conditions on three days of high winds5/6/1966Goode, JeffTSPA_0011001F7723915372820src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181572/fullA Big broom sweeps into Sunnyside, A mechanical scoop rumbles along Sunnyside Beach picking up assorted debris today as a volunteer task force of men (...)5/8/1971Griffin, DougTSPA_0011003F7723917372822src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181574/fullAs Israelson's account demonstrates: We need to minimize the impact of human activity on the fragile web which supports life on Earth5/6/1966Goode, JeffTSPA_0011004F7723918372823src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181578/fullFilth spoils a fantasy6/9/1970Goode, JeffTSPA_0011006F7723920372825src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181580/fullIt's certainly a mess, Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield (left) comments as Toronto Alderman Tony O'Donohue shows him the jumble of tin cans, bottl(...)8/14/1970Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0011007F7723921372826src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181379/fullFor protection: Carl Macfarlane, a propane pump attendant at a Canadian Tire station, wears a mask on windy days for protection from recycling plant's sawdust8/13/1990Stuparyk, MichaelTSPA_0010907F7723821372725src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181381/fullDoug Ettinger: Driver says some Nacan wastes he dumped in Quebec were like a white glue11/4/1980Bezant, GrahamTSPA_0010908F7723822372726src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181383/fullSix tanks of natural gas power car, Cylinders in trunk hold 500 cubic feet compressed gas8/12/1970Goode, JeffTSPA_0010909F7723823372727src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181385/fullModel of smokeless car that they will enter in the 4,500-mile Boston-to-Pasadena Clean Air Car Race is displayed by transportation designer Ken Ball ((...)5/14/1970Teskey, FrankTSPA_0010910F7723824372728src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181387/fullPollution-free car at U of T, University of Toronto engineering students show the space frame for the all-electric, pollution-free urban vehicle they (...)5/17/1972Bull, RonTSPA_0010911F7723825372729src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181391/fullIt was a good day for ducks and cyclists, The weather is damp but not the spirits of these two cyclists pedalling around Nathan Phillips Square at Cit(...)10/12/1970Lennon, FrankTSPA_0010913F7723827372731src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181393/full'Leave car at home' aftermath, After they left their cars at home in a last-ditch effort to give some meaning to Toronto's officially-proclaimed Leave(...)7/13/1970Dutton, DonTSPA_0010914F7723828372732src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181395/fullA Career civil servant, Douglas Walker is an enforcement officer with Metro's air pollution control division1/13/1965Geo, MarioTSPA_0010915F7723829372733src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181397/fullA Halt in use of Freon as a propellant in aerosol cans was announced by F8/28/1975Griffin, DougTSPA_0010916F7723830372734src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181399/fullTest centre for auto pollution is run by the provincial government on Castlefield Ave2/27/1973Lennon, FrankTSPA_0010917F7723831372735src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181401/fullPolluting the water and air, this phosphorus-producing plant built by the Electric Reduction Company of Canada is the target for Newfoundland fisherme(...)9/18/1969James, NormanTSPA_0010918F7723832372736src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181403/fullMirroring a refinery, Spewing smoke into the air, the Texaco refinery at Port Credit is reflected in the glassy waters of an adjoining pond, created b(...)6/2/1971Norris, DaveTSPA_0010919F7723833372737src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181407/fullCar exhausts spew out half the pollution in the city air, Bill given good chance to pass U4/23/1965Toronto Star (Firm)TSPA_0010921F7723835372739src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181409/fullSmog blanket over Toronto prompted Arlene Abbott to wear gauze surgical mask on her way to work this morning to filter out pollutants which could be a(...)11/1/1967Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0010922F7723836372740src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181411/fullCity hall at 2 P.M.: The haze beings to descend again. Fog and some thundershowers are predicted tonight. Conditions aren't likely to improve until Saturday7/30/1970Geo, MarioTSPA_0010923F7723837372741src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181413/fullClearing the air2/24/1970Darrell, DickTSPA_0010924F7723838372742src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181415/fullSpare the air: Warnings about Toronto's air quality weren't enough to keep these cars off the Don Valley Parkway last week6/25/1998Russell, SteveTSPA_0010925F7723839372743src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181417/fullClearing the air, Esso Petroleum Canada driver Yvon Bissonette checks the controls of a vapor recovery system, just launched to reduce air pollution b(...)11/28/1991Dunlop, AlTSPA_0010926F7723840372744src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181419/fullA dirty brown cloud of pollutants descends on downtown Toronto today, and the environment ministry says it will be with us for the rest of the week. T(...)7/6/1988Lennon, FrankTSPA_0010927F7723841372745src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181421/fullA Backyard pollution monitor is inspected by resident of Huddlestone Court in Scarborough, where a fine white dust settles whenever there's a breakdow(...)11/4/1971Loek, DickTSPA_0010928F7723842372746src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181423/fullIdle chimneys such as these have become more frequent, as the past year recorded the highest loss of jobs in any 10 years since 19298/21/1969Goode, JeffTSPA_0010929F7723843372747src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181425/fullLast week Queen's Park was accused of stalling its new environmental legislation1/1/1970Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0010930F7723844372748src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181427/fullWorking In Man Made Clouds, These hydro employees seem to be working high in the clouds near the Lakeview generating station, but actually they are ju(...)1/19/1971Norris, DaveTSPA_0010931F7723845372749src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181445/fullHosed down: A firefighter from Richmond Hill's hazardous chemicals unit, is hosed down by a colleague today after leaving a Markham industrial plant after a nitric acid solution leaked10/22/1992Bock, TonyTSPA_0010940F7723854372758src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181447/fullWhen Deodorant Won't Do, Firefighters trained to disarm the most volatile of toxic spills pit themselves yesterday against the simulated muriatic acid(...)4/29/1992Faught, KenTSPA_0010941F7723855372759src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181449/fullWorried Boss: Plant manager Greg Normandeau (in baseball cap) looks on tensely as he stands outside a fire department cordon with other area workers10/22/1992Bock, TonyTSPA_0010942F7723856372760src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181451/fullPoor ventilation and chemical fumes in portable classrooms are blamed for air pollution1/15/1988Stuparyk, MichaelTSPA_0010943F7723857372761src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181453/fullTest-driving one of the six Consumers' Gas Co8/13/1970Dutton, DonTSPA_0010944F7723858372762src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181455/fullPupils study toronto pollution, Lucinda Gomes, 14, a Grade 8 student at Gladstone Ave3/3/1970Feeny, EdwinTSPA_0010945F7723859372763src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181457/fullThe pollution index is 49, which is 17 points above what is considered acceptable for Metro10/8/1970Teskey, FrankTSPA_0010946F7723860372764src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181459/fullSmoke stacks that pollute the atmosphere unchecked because all society is partly responsible are an example of the collective blindness mentioned in t(...)1/7/1972Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0010947F7723861372765src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181461/fullPollution officials hope their new laws will lead to the same co-operation they got last year from this refinery1/13/1970Norris, DaveTSPA_0010948F7723862372766src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181463/fullGreen plan: Federal Environment Minister Robert de Cotret calls his project a Christmas present for Canadians12/8/1972Innell, Reg, 1926-2018TSPA_0010949F7723863372767src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181483/fullA Few of the ninety-nines12/5/1995Mahler, JohnTSPA_0010959F7723873372777src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181485/fullAerial evidence: Pilot Bettina Jenkins and surveillance officer Ron Johnson with Photos Skywatch has used to nail polluters12/5/1995Mahler, JohnTSPA_0010960F7723874372778src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181505/fullCleaning up8/13/1985Toronto Star (Firm)TSPA_0010970F7723884372788src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181528/fullFit to drink4/5/1988Swainson, GailTSPA_0010981F7723895372800src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181530/fullFit to drink4/5/1988Swainson, GailTSPA_0010982F7723896372801src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181532/fullRiver clean-up yields 39 cars, Don Stacey holds twisted metal he found down the side of a steep ravine in the Humber River Valley west of Kleinberg9/13/1988Bock, TonyTSPA_0010983F7723897372802src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181534/fullAftermath of a spill, The Coast Guard and environment ministry are hunting for the source of what appeared to be Bunker C oil that fouled Oshawa's Lakeview Park at the foot of Simcoe St7/17/1988Dunlop, AlTSPA_0010984F7723898372803src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181536/fullFlood of foam7/15/1986Millar, CalTSPA_0010985F7723899372804src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181538/fullSamples10/26/1987Russell, JimTSPA_0010986F7723900372805src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181540/fullPoisonous weed killer from a 3,600-gallon tank car buried under this spectacular jumble of derailed freight cars, poured into Port Hope's yacht basin (...)8/7/1970Geo, MarioTSPA_0010987F7723901372806src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181548/fullKeeping her distance7/26/1984Bock, TonyTSPA_0010991F7723905372810src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181552/fullOil-drenched ducks on Ward's Island get first aid from Helen Abegg, 22, a visitor to Metro from Switzerland12/3/1972Ross, FredTSPA_0010993F7723907372812src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181554/fullCrude oil leaking from the Imperial Sarnia, which ran aground last night in the St4/16/1974Darrell, DickTSPA_0010994F7723908372813src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181556/fullWarning Polluted Waters Persons Bathing Do So At Their Own Risk, Pollution Warning Marking a beach in Metro7/25/1969Barkley, HaroldTSPA_0010995F7723909372814src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181558/fullKew Beach is also closed, as tree sign informs Sharon Benkendorf and Norma Burns, of Love Cres8/15/1959Darrell, DickTSPA_0010996F7723910372815src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181560/fullToronto was forced to close beaches last summer because of pollution7/21/1983Pickell, BrianTSPA_0010997F7723911372816src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181562/fullDoom by degrees: It's becoming clear that our world is deteriorating bit by bit, a forest here, a lake there, a species somewhere else10/1/1989Goode, JeffTSPA_0010998F7723912372817src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181584/fullPollution probe spokesman Peter Love wants returnable bottles brought back to ease pollution caused by pull-top cans, as seen above. He refutes critic(...)8/28/1969Goode, JeffTSPA_0011009F7723923372828src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181586/fullA Sample of water is taken from the west-branch of Don River yesterday by Mayor William Dennison, to be sent to a laboratory for a pollution test. May(...)5/14/1971Darrell, DickTSPA_0011010F7723924372829src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181588/fullSunnyside beach gets a sweep-up, A bulldozer working in the water at the western end of Sunnyside beach piles up broken concrete, that had lined the w(...)5/9/1971Griffin, DougTSPA_0011011F7723925372830src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181606/fullOntario place people do a fast cleanup, Ontario Place guides and other employees, dressed in coveralls they borrowed from the regular maintenance staf(...)6/21/1971Innell, Reg, 1926-2018TSPA_0011013F7723934372839src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181608/fullWading in the water and scouring along the banks with rakes and plastic garbage bags, a group 30 York Mills teenagers and housewives does a spring cle(...)5/16/1971Geo, MarioTSPA_0011014F7723935372840src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181612/fullBleak outlook7/8/1987Griffin, DougTSPA_0011016F7723937372842src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181614/fullNot a drop to drink3/3/1982Russell, JimTSPA_0011017F7723938372843src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181616/fullSign of the times: The warnings against using Metro's beaches may be up indefinitely, as officials fear sewer improvements, costing $250 million, may not be enough to clean up pollution7/26/1987Griffin, DougTSPA_0011018F7723939372844src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181618/fullCleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico1/30/1989Stuparyk, MichaelTSPA_0011019F7723940372845src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181620/fullThe waterfront will be off-limits to swimmers once again this summer because of high pollution levels7/25/1987Bennett, JulieTSPA_0011020F7723941372846src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181622/fullDeadly oil is washed from feathers of duck by animal control officer George Banton at York animal shelter9/18/1972Dutton, DonTSPA_0011021F7723942372847src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181624/fullOil spill mopped up9/18/1972Bull, RonTSPA_0011022F7723943372848src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181626/fullPolluted ditch behind Scarborough apartment buildings is a potential death trap for children, many mothers believe4/4/1972Bull, RonTSPA_0011023F7723944372849src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181628/fullOil cleared from the humber, A boom is spread across the Humber River at Finch Ave11/14/1972Dutton, DonTSPA_0011024F7723945372850src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181630/fullPrinter's ink that spilled from an above-ground storage tank at The Star last Friday has seeped into Toronto Harbor8/1/1977Combs, ErinTSPA_0011025F7723946372851src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181632/fullHumane society workers Wilf Patey (left) and Reginald Chapman hold up a Canada goose rescued from oil spill along Sunnyside waterfront. More than 75 d(...)1/2/1976Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0011026F7723947372852src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181634/fullDucks and Geese caught in oil, As many as 100 geese and ducks, like the one held by Toronto Humane Society officer Gord Haley, have been coated with o(...)1/2/1976Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0011027F7723948372853src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181636/fullPolluters' policeman: A system of permits might reduce the work for Metro inspectors such as Brian Hack who traces industrial polluters3/8/1991Gower, PattiTSPA_0011028F7723949372854src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181638/fullClose encounter, Fire department officials on Commissioners St11/18/1992Stuparyk, MichaelTSPA_0011029F7723950372855src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181640/fullShoreline near Ontario Place7/9/1993Eglinton, RickTSPA_0011030F7723951372856src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181644/fullJohn Gerochristodoulu picks up a dead fish, one of hundreds killed last summer when a blocked sewer allowed liquid from a Scarborough dye firm to spill into Massey Creek, a Don tributary7/21/1988Stawicki, AndrewTSPA_0011032F7723952372857src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181646/fullPollution pours into Lake Ontario out of the mouth of Etobicoke Creek, adding yet another ingredient to a recipe of toxins poisoning this natural resource6/18/1984Stawicki, AndrewTSPA_0011033F7723953372858src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181648/fullOut of bounds8/10/1987Bennett, JulieTSPA_0011034F7723954372859src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181650/fullChanging signs8/8/1985Russell, JimTSPA_0011035F7723955372860src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181652/fullTracking germs7/21/1983Bull, RonTSPA_0011036F7723956372861src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181654/fullWater Worries: Logan Ave. residents say rust has made their water undrinkable. Clockwise from left, they're Anastasios Georgiou, Stavroula Theodorakid(...)5/11/1989Loek, DickTSPA_0011037F7723957372862src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181656/fullThe call was out for volunteers, so Doogan, a bull terrier, thought he would pitch in yesterday in the cleanup of Black Creek, between Sheppard and St(...)8/24/1985Faught, KenTSPA_0011038F7723958372863src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181658/fullPad with Imbiber Beads soaks up pollutant in beaker of water, none will squeeze out12/27/1978Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0011039F7723959372864src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181660/fullPad with Imbiber Beads soaks up pollutant in beaker of water, none will squeeze out12/27/1978Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0011040F7723960372865src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181662/fullPad with Imbiber Beads soaks up pollutant in beaker of water12/27/1978Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0011041F7723961372866src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181664/fullDying Canada Goose is held by Jim Moore, owner of Moorhaven Marina, who found it in Frenchman's Bay7/27/1978McConnell, ColinTSPA_0011042F7723962372867src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181666/fullStorm debris7/20/1981Dutton, DonTSPA_0011043F7723963372868src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181694/fullElectrician Stan Duncan travels the city in his truck and is not happy with a lot of the unsightly things he sees-like this old payment dumped in the (...)5/3/1971Lennon, FrankTSPA_0011056F7723977372882src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181696/fullAn algae-harvesting machine scoops up layers of rotting vegetation that has created a horrible stench on Etobicoke's lakefront8/16/1983Calleja, FrankTSPA_0011057F7723978372883src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2244563/fullDon River near Shepard Ave., Pro Seed15 August 1970Toronto Star (Firm)ts-1-657d-proseed0017736972389121src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2050381/fullRubbish floating in the Don River18 January 1963James, NormanTS-2-125-GO-0217661089305400src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2050393/fullReed pulp and paper mill, target of pollution critics, behind Bill Saskoley, one of 7,000 Dryden residents22 January 1977McGeachy, IanTS-2-125-GO-0267661094305405src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181570/fullCreek pollution9/12/1969Spremo, BorisTSPA_0011002F7723916372821src: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2181576/fullTwo oil drums from the tanker Arrow come to rest on a polluted beach near Artichat, N2/14/1970Spremo, BorisTSPA_0011005F7723919372824