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Dangerous job, NDP leader Bob Rae is flanked by workers Ron Cook (left) and Tom Elso during tour of sewage treatment plant at Ashbridges Bay yesterday, where workers suffer health problems
Dangerous job, NDP leader Bob Rae is flanked by workers Ron Cook (left) and Tom Elso during tour of sewage treatment plant at Ashbridges Bay yesterday, where workers suffer health problems

Dangerous job, NDP leader Bob Rae is flanked by workers Ron Cook (left) and Tom Elso during tour of sewage treatment plant at Ashbridges Bay yesterday, where workers suffer health problems

Date8/6/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dangerous job, NDP leader Bob Rae is flanked by workers Ron Cook (left) and Tom Elso during tour of sewage treatment plant at Ashbridges Bay yesterday, where workers suffer health problems.
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