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Landscaping: Dept of Agriculture Pesticide Management & Plant Services 406 General Administration Bldg., AX-41 Olympia, WA 98504-0641 - Phone: (206)-753-5064 / Fax: (206)-753-1564 |
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Beginning in the 1930s, Tacoma was for a time known in the Puget Sound region for its malodorousness, due to the "Aroma of Tacoma" -- a distinctive, acrid odor produced by local paper manufacturing. In the late 1990s, however, Simpson Tacoma Kraft reduced total sulfur emissions by 90%, largely eliminating the problem. |
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Tacoma is the home of such international companies as Labor Ready, Inc. and the Russell Investment Group, as well as institutions of higher learning, including Pacific Lutheran University, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma Community College, and the University of Washington's Tacoma campus. |
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