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Hot property

Date1/25/1982

Names

Bock, Tony (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Hot property: Scarborough homeowners let government know how they felt about radioactive soil on their property. Years later; the problem of disposing of contaminated soil is still not resolved.

Subject

Radiation

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012555F

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