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Installed foam: Ingo Koenne of Scarborough says he can only thank God that he and his sons Jason, 9 (left), and Andrew, 7, escaped the more serious health problems caused by urea foam insulation, but the value of his house plummeted
Installed foam: Ingo Koenne of Scarborough says he can only thank God that he and his sons Jason, 9 (left), and Andrew, 7, escaped the more serious health problems caused by urea foam insulation, but the value of his house plummeted

Installed foam: Ingo Koenne of Scarborough says he can only thank God that he and his sons Jason, 9 (left), and Andrew, 7, escaped the more serious health problems caused by urea foam insulation, but the value of his house plummeted

Date10/4/1984
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Masked for the job. With a circular saw, Chris Crompton cuts glass-fibre foam board to be used as roof insulation. He was working last week on a major renovation project at Queen's Park
Masked for the job. With a circular saw, Chris Crompton cuts glass-fibre foam board to be used as roof insulation. He was working last week on a major renovation project at Queen's Park
10/29/1992
Ottawa has banned poisonous ureaformaldehyde foam insulation in thousands of Canadian homes
Ottawa has banned poisonous ureaformaldehyde foam insulation in thousands of Canadian homes
8/9/1978
An easy-going guy, Jeff Lyons can talk for hours about racquetball or his kids, but give him a cause - rusty cars or foam-insulated homes - and he gets very tough
An easy-going guy, Jeff Lyons can talk for hours about racquetball or his kids, but give him a cause - rusty cars or foam-insulated homes - and he gets very tough
3/22/1983
Junior Rudolphs: Red foam noses, sold by nurses from Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, were the hit of the day with many of the children lining the streets
Junior Rudolphs: Red foam noses, sold by nurses from Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, were the hit of the day with many of the children lining the streets
11/17/1991
Investigative teams, including FBI agents, check out the fire-gutted DC-9 as it lies on the runway surrounded by fire-retardant foam
Investigative teams, including FBI agents, check out the fire-gutted DC-9 as it lies on the runway surrounded by fire-retardant foam
6/2/1983
Our son Matthew ought to be raised in a city like this, says Andrew Biemiller, formerly of Washington, D.C., a psychologist at the University of Toronto Institute of Child Studies. He didn't choose Canada because of the draft - his wife Frances was from Toronto - but he says the war has left the U.S. with unsolved problems.
Our son Matthew ought to be raised in a city like this, says Andrew Biemiller, formerly of Washington, D.C., a psychologist at the University of Toronto Institute of Child Studies. He didn't choose Canada because of the draft - his wife Frances was from Toronto - but he says the war has left the U.S. with unsolved problems.
1/25/1973
Alfred Hitchcock as imperturbable as usual, waits out weary delay after mechanical problems caused his plane to return to Toronto
Alfred Hitchcock as imperturbable as usual, waits out weary delay after mechanical problems caused his plane to return to Toronto
7/9/1970
A New element in the creation of this year's Santa Claus parade floats was the use of polyurethane foam rather than papier mache. Using the foam was c(...)
A New element in the creation of this year's Santa Claus parade floats was the use of polyurethane foam rather than papier mache. Using the foam was c(...)
11/17/1974
Fair shake from the mayor. Mayor William Dennison meets one of his young constituents, Ingo Kumberg, 4, after he opened the Annette recreation centre (...)
Fair shake from the mayor. Mayor William Dennison meets one of his young constituents, Ingo Kumberg, 4, after he opened the Annette recreation centre (...)
11/4/1969
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
Win drought: Emerson Fittipaldi has had his problems this year - he's still looking for his first win - but he manages to maintain his laid-back approach to life
Win drought: Emerson Fittipaldi has had his problems this year - he's still looking for his first win - but he manages to maintain his laid-back approach to life
7/20/1990
Win drought: Emerson Fittipaldi has had his problems this year - he's still looking for his first win - but he manages to maintain his laid-back approach to life
Win drought: Emerson Fittipaldi has had his problems this year - he's still looking for his first win - but he manages to maintain his laid-back approach to life
7/20/1990