Scientists: Harmful bark disease found on maple trees in Tacoma can also injure people

Washington is known for its abundance of green trees, but now a disease has been discovered in the South Sound attacking Maples. Scientists know it as Sooty Bark Disease, and explain it can injure people too.

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