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High levels of radon gas, which has been linked to cancer, have been found in the Port Hope home of Gail and Charles Bonathan, sitting in their kitche(...)
High levels of radon gas, which has been linked to cancer, have been found in the Port Hope home of Gail and Charles Bonathan, sitting in their kitche(...)

High levels of radon gas, which has been linked to cancer, have been found in the Port Hope home of Gail and Charles Bonathan, sitting in their kitche(...)

Date1/30/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: High levels of radon gas; which has been linked to cancer; have been found in the Port Hope home of Gail and Charles Bonathan; sitting in their kitchen with their sons; Jacob; 1; and Richard; 3. Bonathan says he has been told not to go into the basement; where 71 picocuries of radon to a litre of air has been measured; the level acceptable is 3 picocuries a litre. Contaminated landfill is blamed.
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Blessing or curse? Eldorado Nuclear plant in Port Hope has given the town polluted air and soil but it has also provided employment. The company's pro(...)
Blessing or curse? Eldorado Nuclear plant in Port Hope has given the town polluted air and soil but it has also provided employment. The company's pro(...)
2/21/1975
Cows graze near nuclear dump at Port Hope, Eventually Canada will have to move such waste matter - and other nuclear material. Transporting it will po(...)
Cows graze near nuclear dump at Port Hope, Eventually Canada will have to move such waste matter - and other nuclear material. Transporting it will po(...)
7/31/1975
Maurice Collodo of Woodbridge makes sculptures out of neon gas and tubing and found objects, like this blowfish above, which has been incorporated into a work entitled Aqua -- Christ I
Maurice Collodo of Woodbridge makes sculptures out of neon gas and tubing and found objects, like this blowfish above, which has been incorporated into a work entitled Aqua -- Christ I
3/25/1993
Good riddance: John Veldhuis of Port Granby, near Port Hope, would be glad to see nuclear waste go elsewhere
Good riddance: John Veldhuis of Port Granby, near Port Hope, would be glad to see nuclear waste go elsewhere
7/21/1988
6. Eric Draper in foreground and Gerald Gibson taking readings around house on Yonge St. in Port Hope
6. Eric Draper in foreground and Gerald Gibson taking readings around house on Yonge St. in Port Hope
4/5/1976
A small bulldozer moves earth from the basement of a small house, next to a woodlot.
Radioactive fill, 12,000 cubic yards of it, is being hauled away from Ivan Lewis' property in Port Hope as a bulldozer replaces it with clean earth. L(...)
18 December 1975
1. Stuart Morley is checking the bedroom of Tony Pearson 13 on 57 Young in Port Hope for radiation
1. Stuart Morley is checking the bedroom of Tony Pearson 13 on 57 Young in Port Hope for radiation
4/5/1976
Every house in port hope is being tested for radiation contamination by crews from the federal Atomic Energy Control Board and provincial health minis(...)
Every house in port hope is being tested for radiation contamination by crews from the federal Atomic Energy Control Board and provincial health minis(...)
4/5/1976
A technician checks the outside of a truck in Port Hope, Ont
A technician checks the outside of a truck in Port Hope, Ont
6/2/1976
Radioactive fill under St. Mary's Separate School in Port Hope will be removed, at a cost of $125,000, according to Peter Roach, director of education(...)
Radioactive fill under St. Mary's Separate School in Port Hope will be removed, at a cost of $125,000, according to Peter Roach, director of education(...)
1/7/1976
Farmer Bud Elliott (right), whose land borders the nuclear dump used by a refining firm at Port Granby, gets help from David Imlach in setting a fence(...)
Farmer Bud Elliott (right), whose land borders the nuclear dump used by a refining firm at Port Granby, gets help from David Imlach in setting a fence(...)
7/31/1975
High levels of lead were found in the bodies of five of 29 residents on Niagara St
High levels of lead were found in the bodies of five of 29 residents on Niagara St
10/24/1972