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Beach Foulup: High-tech methods helped rid beaches of oil from the huge Exxon Valdez spill, but the cleanup may also have broken down the delicate shoreline ecology
Beach Foulup: High-tech methods helped rid beaches of oil from the huge Exxon Valdez spill, but the cleanup may also have broken down the delicate shoreline ecology

Beach Foulup: High-tech methods helped rid beaches of oil from the huge Exxon Valdez spill, but the cleanup may also have broken down the delicate shoreline ecology

Date5/29/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Beach Foulup: High-tech methods helped rid beaches of oil from the huge Exxon Valdez spill; but the cleanup may also have broken down the delicate shoreline ecology.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0011067F
      Never again? Silica shell and additive may solve the massive clean-up problem posed by last March's Exxon Valdez spill
      Never again? Silica shell and additive may solve the massive clean-up problem posed by last March's Exxon Valdez spill
      Spremo, Boris
      5/29/1989
      Arch villain: Exxon Valdez spill spurred safety review
      Arch villain: Exxon Valdez spill spurred safety review
      Spremo, Boris
      5/29/1989
      High prices and new methods for maple syrup production have turned a cottage industry into an important business, but it may be ruined by bugs and pollution, expert say
      High prices and new methods for maple syrup production have turned a cottage industry into an important business, but it may be ruined by bugs and pollution, expert say
      Calleja, Frank
      3/2/1982
      Joe Lottman, Kensington Market baker, told city politicians that their urban renewal methods have done nothing to improve run down districts because they don't know what they're doing
      Joe Lottman, Kensington Market baker, told city politicians that their urban renewal methods have done nothing to improve run down districts because they don't know what they're doing
      Lennon, Frank
      3/12/1970
      Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico
      Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico
      Stuparyk, Michael
      1/30/1989
      The voyager's companion, or, Shell collector's pilot : with instructions and directions where to find the finest shells : also for preserving the skins of animals and the best methods of catching and preserving insects, &c. &c. &c.
      The voyager's companion, or, Shell collector's pilot : with instructions and directions where to find the finest shells : also for preserving the skins of animals and the best methods of catching and preserving insects, &c. &c. &c.
      Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
      1825
      Using a jet of hot water, a worker tries to scrub crude oil from the rocky shore of Green island, 112 kilometres (70 miles) southeast of Valdez, Alask(...)
      Using a jet of hot water, a worker tries to scrub crude oil from the rocky shore of Green island, 112 kilometres (70 miles) southeast of Valdez, Alask(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      5/29/1989
      A disaster Area is how Jack Moore describes the scene down the Lake Ontario shoreline from his Squires Beach home in Pickering yesterday. [Incomplete]
      A disaster Area is how Jack Moore describes the scene down the Lake Ontario shoreline from his Squires Beach home in Pickering yesterday. [Incomplete]
      Dutton, Don
      4/10/1973
      He may use a computer once in a while to help him but Alex Perron's gold-searching methods are very much rooted in the past
      He may use a computer once in a while to help him but Alex Perron's gold-searching methods are very much rooted in the past
      Perron, Alex
      10/28/1991
      He may use a computer once in a while to help him but Alex Perron's gold-searching methods are very much rooted in the past
      He may use a computer once in a while to help him but Alex Perron's gold-searching methods are very much rooted in the past
      Perron, Alex
      10/28/1991
      Beaches Park, showing Kew Beach (street) west from Leuty Avenue (at right), Kew Beach Club House at left
      Beaches Park, showing Kew Beach (street) west from Leuty Avenue (at right), Kew Beach Club House at left
      Unknown
      1916
      The Staid beaches, until now successful in avoiding modern change, will soon find the doors open to the $300,000 Beach Mall at Kew Beach
      The Staid beaches, until now successful in avoiding modern change, will soon find the doors open to the $300,000 Beach Mall at Kew Beach
      Barkley, Harold
      11/4/1971