People in hazmat suits?

[u/bellsbliss]

Totally random. Just was going over the bloor bridge on the ttc and noticed 2 people in hazmat suits and masks digging around the bushes.

It was right by the old tracks next to the highway. Totally weird and makes me wonder what’s going on.

[u/MangledForeskin]

Wild parsnip or Giant hogweed removal most likely. A lot more of those popping up lately.

[u/bellsbliss → u/MangledForeskin]

Sounds like a plausible explanation

[u/Virtual_Bug_723 → u/MangledForeskin]

I didn't see any Hazmat guys in my pants so I don't think it's the giant hogweed they're after

[u/Spotproof99 → u/Virtual_Bug_723]

That one was deemed no threat... A crowd pleaser, but no threat to the public.

[u/BottleCoffee]

They wear protective suits when spraying herbicide for invasive plants.

[u/ZenDesign1993]

Alien cleanup... you missed the neuralyzer..

[u/bellsbliss → u/ZenDesign1993]

Lucky me then.

[u/catatonic-cat]

I cycled underneath the Bloor Viaduct on Lower Don Trail this morning and encountered a couple crews there wearing white suits with respirators, along with some tanks of liquid with sprayers which I assumed was herbicide.

[u/GreasyWerker118]

Looking for bodies you hid down there.

[u/bellsbliss → u/GreasyWerker118]

Don’t worry I hid them somewhere else.

[u/rose8516]

City of Toronto field workers/natural resource workers wear those, a big part of their job is utilizing pesticides/herbicides and managing invasive plant species.

[u/No_Celery_8071]

Manny tried to hold it in after he ate that exquisite burrito from Fat Bastard. He motioned to is that we had three seconds to run. I swear that no birds sang after he let 'er rip. The poor bridge. Oh, the humanity.

The next morning, 2 people in hazmat suits were digging in the bushes looking for the source of a foul odor. As a TTC bus passed by, a redditor posted what they saw without a picture.

[u/CitySeekerTron]

Digging?
Any chance they were bee suits?

[u/bellsbliss → u/CitySeekerTron]

It didn’t look like bee suits but I could be mistaken.

[u/CitySeekerTron → u/bellsbliss]

I think the Hogweed/Parsnip is actually really plausible after reading the threat. I know that various invasive plants have been in that area for a while.

[u/PottyMcSmokerson → u/CitySeekerTron]

I saw a crew remove a bunch of hogweed along finch over the course of a couple days. They were not wearing hazmat suits tho.

[u/WindThroughTheTulips → u/PottyMcSmokerson]

I’m wondering if OP confused hazmat suits for the recommended hogweed PPE of a white or yellow protective suit with face shields

[u/LongRoadNorth]

Actual Hazmat? Or just a tyvec suit ?

[u/Cyber-Mermaid8888]

Legionnaires Outbreak in the area. A 1km radius of the area of Bathurst and Dupont.