Locals of Lincoln County in Tennessee are fed up with the black fungus spreading across the neighborhood.
A fungus-like black soot has taken over Lincoln county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. County residents are now raising hue and cry over the dark gunk covering their cars, houses, patio furniture, swing sets, factories, buildings, etc.feeds on the alcohol fumes released when bourbon is kept in porous barrels for the process of aging.
Several lawsuits have been filed against the American whiskey maker, resulting in a local court halting Jack Daniel's expansion plans of building several more warehouses in the neighborhood.The complaint in Tennessee was raised by Christi Long, who is the owner of an events venue situated near Jack Daniel's plant. Feeding off of ethanol fumes, "whiskey fungus" leaves behind a crusty mold that is hard to remove.
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