Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Doug Ettinger: Driver says some Nacan wastes he dumped in Quebec were like a white glue
Doug Ettinger: Driver says some Nacan wastes he dumped in Quebec were like a white glue

Doug Ettinger: Driver says some Nacan wastes he dumped in Quebec were like a white glue

Date11/4/1980
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Doug Ettinger: Driver says some Nacan wastes he dumped in Quebec were like a white glue.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010908F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Claudio Sarracini: His firm dumped toxic wastes at a farm in king township.
Claudio Sarracini: His firm dumped toxic wastes at a farm in king township.
2/4/1985
Some experts fear more scenes like this one in 1982 when a blanket of smog over the city caused a pollution emergency
Some experts fear more scenes like this one in 1982 when a blanket of smog over the city caused a pollution emergency
10/27/1982
Clearing the air, Esso Petroleum Canada driver Yvon Bissonette checks the controls of a vapor recovery system, just launched to reduce air pollution b(...)
Clearing the air, Esso Petroleum Canada driver Yvon Bissonette checks the controls of a vapor recovery system, just launched to reduce air pollution b(...)
11/28/1991
A dirty brown cloud of pollutants descends on downtown Toronto today, and the environment ministry says it will be with us for the rest of the week. T(...)
A dirty brown cloud of pollutants descends on downtown Toronto today, and the environment ministry says it will be with us for the rest of the week. T(...)
7/6/1988
A Backyard pollution monitor is inspected by resident of Huddlestone Court in Scarborough, where a fine white dust settles whenever there's a breakdow(...)
A Backyard pollution monitor is inspected by resident of Huddlestone Court in Scarborough, where a fine white dust settles whenever there's a breakdow(...)
11/4/1971
City hall at 2 P.M.: The haze beings to descend again. Fog and some thundershowers are predicted tonight. Conditions aren't likely to improve until Saturday
City hall at 2 P.M.: The haze beings to descend again. Fog and some thundershowers are predicted tonight. Conditions aren't likely to improve until Saturday
7/30/1970
Electrician Stan Duncan travels the city in his truck and is not happy with a lot of the unsightly things he sees-like this old payment dumped in the (...)
Electrician Stan Duncan travels the city in his truck and is not happy with a lot of the unsightly things he sees-like this old payment dumped in the (...)
5/3/1971
Free pollution checks for cars, The Ontario Motor League will be offering motorists free pollution checks on their cars' exhaust systems beginning nex(...)
Free pollution checks for cars, The Ontario Motor League will be offering motorists free pollution checks on their cars' exhaust systems beginning nex(...)
5/28/1973
Steel liners as much as 60 feet long and weighing up to five tons are slipped into the 320-foot-high anti-pollution smokestack at the St. Lawrence Sta(...)
Steel liners as much as 60 feet long and weighing up to five tons are slipped into the 320-foot-high anti-pollution smokestack at the St. Lawrence Sta(...)
7/12/1971
Monitoring the air we breathe is the job of these machines at the provincial government's air management branch
Monitoring the air we breathe is the job of these machines at the provincial government's air management branch
4/6/1973
To check on the amount of pollution in Toronto's atmosphere, there are 20 of these catchment basins spotted around the city. Here Joana Gambell, labor(...)
To check on the amount of pollution in Toronto's atmosphere, there are 20 of these catchment basins spotted around the city. Here Joana Gambell, labor(...)
11/21/1955
Anti-contamination suits are donned by hydro workers Terry Godfrey (left) and Ron Tasker before they start repairs on transformer after Adelaide St. f(...)
Anti-contamination suits are donned by hydro workers Terry Godfrey (left) and Ron Tasker before they start repairs on transformer after Adelaide St. f(...)
12/15/1977