Scientists: Bark disease found on maple trees in Tacoma can also harm people

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Scientists: Bark disease found on maple trees in Tacoma can also harm people
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Scientists explained spores from the fungus can be an irritant to the lungs. There is a low risk of injury if people are near an infected tree or just walking by. FOX13

while a researcher with Washington State University Puyallup Extension was visiting the park. Experts said it comes from a fungus that has been in the Pacific Northwest environment.

are what caused the fungus to become harmful and spread. Experts explained the fungus gets into trees and creates a dark powdery lesion on the outside of bark that looks like soot. "The people that are at highest risk for that kind of exposure are the folks doing tree work because they’re actually out handling the trees, they’re climbing the trees, they’re cutting on the trees. If they threw, for example, infected plant materials through a wood chipper, all those spores would get kicked up and they’re right there breathing it all in," said Thompson.

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