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Protection on the job has not kept up with new technology, especially in Canada, where research on health hazards is lagging and experts say workers are in effect being used as guinea pigs
Protection on the job has not kept up with new technology, especially in Canada, where research on health hazards is lagging and experts say workers are in effect being used as guinea pigs

Protection on the job has not kept up with new technology, especially in Canada, where research on health hazards is lagging and experts say workers are in effect being used as guinea pigs

Date1/25/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Protection on the job has not kept up with new technology; especially in Canada; where research on health hazards is lagging and experts say workers are in effect being used as guinea pigs.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0008930F
      Lamp clinic: Bonnnie Heath, co-ordinator of the lakeshore Area Multi-Service Project, goes over case reports with Dr. Donald Cole, who treats workers made ill by job-related hazards. Cole works at lamp's occupational health clinic, saved by a government grant recently.
      Lamp clinic: Bonnnie Heath, co-ordinator of the lakeshore Area Multi-Service Project, goes over case reports with Dr. Donald Cole, who treats workers made ill by job-related hazards. Cole works at lamp's occupational health clinic, saved by a government grant recently.
      Calleja, Frank
      5/4/1987
      Tightly built office towers are a hazard to the health of workers, experts say
      Tightly built office towers are a hazard to the health of workers, experts say
      Cooper, David
      5/4/1988
      There are hazards to being a Blue Jay ball girl, Irene Cesil, 17, has learned
      There are hazards to being a Blue Jay ball girl, Irene Cesil, 17, has learned
      Bezant, Graham
      4/19/1978
      Bob Lloyd organized reunion of Canadian Guinea pigs. Members are airmen who underwent plastic surgery at East Grinstead hospital
      Bob Lloyd organized reunion of Canadian Guinea pigs. Members are airmen who underwent plastic surgery at East Grinstead hospital
      Darrell, Dick
      6/7/1972
      The guinea pigs
      The guinea pigs
      Goode, Jeff
      4/18/1981
      Margot Butler cuddles guinea pigs Caveat and Emptor
      Margot Butler cuddles guinea pigs Caveat and Emptor
      Bezant, Graham
      12/16/1977
      The massive city walls of St, Malo, the Brittany port where Jacques Carties was born, have protected its citizens from natural hazards and English foe(...)
      The massive city walls of St, Malo, the Brittany port where Jacques Carties was born, have protected its citizens from natural hazards and English foe(...)
      Bryant, George
      6/9/1972
      Robert Good, 33, of U of T department of physiology uses himself as a guinea pig to help his research into why so many people drown when they fall into cold water
      Robert Good, 33, of U of T department of physiology uses himself as a guinea pig to help his research into why so many people drown when they fall into cold water
      Griffin, Doug
      12/7/1973
      Extra protection: Labor minister Robert Elgie has made proposals to help workers being laid off, like these ones leaving Massey-Ferguson last spring for a long, jobless summer
      Extra protection: Labor minister Robert Elgie has made proposals to help workers being laid off, like these ones leaving Massey-Ferguson last spring for a long, jobless summer
      Rooney, Frank
      5/30/1980
      Foot experts: Dr. Carroll Laurin, left, Dr. Lynette Margesson, centre, and podiatrist Neil Naftolin discuss the hard-working, often sore human foot. The three are on the Dr. Scholl's Foot Health Advisory Board. A typical senior's foot has travelled about 177,000 kilometres (111,000 miles)
      Foot experts: Dr. Carroll Laurin, left, Dr. Lynette Margesson, centre, and podiatrist Neil Naftolin discuss the hard-working, often sore human foot. The three are on the Dr. Scholl's Foot Health Advisory Board. A typical senior's foot has travelled about 177,000 kilometres (111,000 miles)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      5/19/1988
      Publicity tour: Paramedic Carmen D'Angelo stands in front of an ambulance with painted credit card logos at Queen's Park yesterday to draw attention to the hazards of privatizing the service
      Publicity tour: Paramedic Carmen D'Angelo stands in front of an ambulance with painted credit card logos at Queen's Park yesterday to draw attention to the hazards of privatizing the service
      Rankin, Jim
      2/22/1999
      1,800 women head down confused trail, Little knowing the hazards and confusion that lay ahead, more than 1,800 women start out yesterday on Bonne Bell(...)
      1,800 women head down confused trail, Little knowing the hazards and confusion that lay ahead, more than 1,800 women start out yesterday on Bonne Bell(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      8/13/1978