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Show 000000000000000XK00XXXX00XX0000 Fear Spread of Cancer Through Tarred Roads edges, and Impregnated with tar, may i cause traumatisms of the mucosae of the respiratory and digestive tracts, capable of producing cancer, just as pulmonary tuberculosis may be facilitated facili-tated In cutters of millstones by the siliceous dust that they inspire. The system of tarring roads has come Into great vogue throughout France and several objections have been raisetl. In the first place, it Is said that the dust arising therefrom gradually strangles the trees along the roadside, but a more serious matter is that Doctor Forveau of Courmelles has uttered a cry of alarm and awakened awak-ened the four that tarred highways may cause an Increase of cancer, lie bases his fears on the existence of experimental cancer in mice succeeding succeed-ing local applications of tar on the skin and on cancers observed in workmen work-men who handle tar. Doctor Forveau fears that the dust of the road, when composed of siliceous sili-ceous granules with sharp points and |