The city of Utrecht, on Friday, several trees are cut down to the Orinocodreef, and Roosevelt as during an inspection of the roetschorsziekte was not detected. The disease is hard to fight, and to a limited extent, can also be harmful to people.

The first tree, with the characteristics of the roetschorsziekte were in the middle of January have been found. The stocks are then take the precaution of using plastic, the world. At the second inspection were less than two million trees have been found that are infected. The trunks of these trees have been wrapped in plastic.

The package with the plastic occurs because of the disease and, to a limited extent, is harmful to humans. The spores can enter the lungs, with an increased risk of inflammation of the lung as a result of it.

This risk is especially true for arboricultural professionals who are often using the dead wood from infected trees to come in contact with. Public health region to assess the health risks to local residents as ‘very low’.