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Car exhausts spew out half the pollution in the city air, Bill given good chance to pass U
Car exhausts spew out half the pollution in the city air, Bill given good chance to pass U

Car exhausts spew out half the pollution in the city air, Bill given good chance to pass U

Date4/23/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: Car exhausts spew out half the pollution in the city air; Bill given good chance to pass U.S. Congress would force manufacturers to install controls after 1967
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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Photographs
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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_0010921F
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(...)
Lennon, Frank
5/28/1973
Controlling car pollution
Controlling car pollution
Mahler, John
10/29/1989
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(...)
Dunlop, Al
11/28/1991
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(...)
James, Norman
11/21/1955
A Career civil servant, Douglas Walker is an enforcement officer with Metro's air pollution control division
A Career civil servant, Douglas Walker is an enforcement officer with Metro's air pollution control division
Geo, Mario
1/13/1965
The offender?, Blamed for massive downtown air pollution, not a wisp of smoke curled from 250-foot Hydro smokestack on Pearl St. when photographed, 10.28 a.m. today
The offender?, Blamed for massive downtown air pollution, not a wisp of smoke curled from 250-foot Hydro smokestack on Pearl St. when photographed, 10.28 a.m. today
Spremo, Boris
11/23/1967
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(...)
Norris, Dave
7/12/1971
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
Spremo, Boris
10/27/1982
Spare the air: Warnings about Toronto's air quality weren't enough to keep these cars off the Don Valley Parkway last week
Spare the air: Warnings about Toronto's air quality weren't enough to keep these cars off the Don Valley Parkway last week
Russell, Steve
6/25/1998
The pollution index is 49, which is 17 points above what is considered acceptable for Metro
The pollution index is 49, which is 17 points above what is considered acceptable for Metro
Teskey, Frank
10/8/1970
Pupils study toronto pollution, Lucinda Gomes, 14, a Grade 8 student at Gladstone Ave
Pupils study toronto pollution, Lucinda Gomes, 14, a Grade 8 student at Gladstone Ave
Feeny, Edwin
3/3/1970
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(...)
Loek, Dick
11/4/1971