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Dirty drink

Date12/3/1985

Names

Lennon, Frank (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Dirty drink: York University research scientist James Carlisle holds the electric precipitator a U.S. -based firm is using to show the level of impurities in our drinking water; then sell a $500 purifier.

Subject

Water

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019525F

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