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Ottawa has banned poisonous ureaformaldehyde foam insulation in thousands of Canadian homes
Ottawa has banned poisonous ureaformaldehyde foam insulation in thousands of Canadian homes

Ottawa has banned poisonous ureaformaldehyde foam insulation in thousands of Canadian homes

Date8/9/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ottawa has banned poisonous ureaformaldehyde foam insulation in thousands of Canadian homes.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009006F
Wearing protective mask, Nick Muia of Dominion Insulation sprays rock wool insulation in the attic of a house on Saskatoon Dr., Etobicoke. Muia's olde(...)
Wearing protective mask, Nick Muia of Dominion Insulation sprays rock wool insulation in the attic of a house on Saskatoon Dr., Etobicoke. Muia's olde(...)
11/1/1977
Cellulose fibre is blown into an attic to increase the insulation beyond the amount provided by the original fibre glass bats laid down when the house(...)
Cellulose fibre is blown into an attic to increase the insulation beyond the amount provided by the original fibre glass bats laid down when the house(...)
1/14/1978
Cosy kitchen: Mary Jo Brennan, an energy conservation inspector with Toronto Hydro, demonstrates how to caulk a door frame in a kitchen in Toronto's East End
Cosy kitchen: Mary Jo Brennan, an energy conservation inspector with Toronto Hydro, demonstrates how to caulk a door frame in a kitchen in Toronto's East End
11/21/1984
Asbestos clean-up
Asbestos clean-up
7/31/1980
Catalogue no. 405 Canadian Porcelain Company Ltd. Hamilton, Canada
Catalogue no. 405 Canadian Porcelain Company Ltd. Hamilton, Canada
1920 circa
Catalogue no.6 May 1936
Catalogue no.6 May 1936
1936
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
10/4/1984
Same home: Though he has sold thousands of new homes during the past 30 years, Mike Rogow and his wife Anita still live in the same Don Mills bungalow they bought in 1957
Same home: Though he has sold thousands of new homes during the past 30 years, Mike Rogow and his wife Anita still live in the same Don Mills bungalow they bought in 1957
1/28/1985
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
In our eagerness to save energy, we may be destroying our homes, says a do-it-yourself expert. Thousands of homeowners across Canada are being plagued by damaged basements, cracking walls and collapsing roofs after insulating their homes, Jon Eakes best k
In our eagerness to save energy, we may be destroying our homes, says a do-it-yourself expert. Thousands of homeowners across Canada are being plagued by damaged basements, cracking walls and collapsing roofs after insulating their homes, Jon Eakes best k
10/14/1982
Thousands of German 'teen-agers, such as these young Nazis who surrendered to the Allies, who were taken during 1945 from their homes in the Soviet oc(...)
Thousands of German 'teen-agers, such as these young Nazis who surrendered to the Allies, who were taken during 1945 from their homes in the Soviet oc(...)
8/12/1946
This scene will be familiar in thousands of Jewish homes tonight as families celebrates the first night of the feast of Passover. It's a week of good (...)
This scene will be familiar in thousands of Jewish homes tonight as families celebrates the first night of the feast of Passover. It's a week of good (...)
4/11/1973