Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite teasing consumers for decades, so-called "flushable" wipes can lead to a cascade of problems within home plumbing and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Something’s in the water. And the Super Bowl made it worse. Mere weeks after a collapsed pipeline spilled an estimated 234 million ...

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Flushable wipes aren’t flushable. That’s the message the managers of municipal wastewater plants would like the public to get. The items fished out of Tacoma’s wastewater system over the decades are ...

Increasingly popular bathroom wipes — pre-moistened towelettes that are often advertised as flushable — are being blamed for creating clogs and backups in sewer systems around the U.S. Wastewater ...

(BPT) – If you have a pack or two of wet wipes around the house, you know how convenient and helpful these household items can be. However, baby wipes, makeup wipes, and disinfecting wipes are ...

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — The unintended consequences of the current run on toilet paper may already be rearing its ugly head in Fernley. A tweet by the Washoe County Health District showed a ...

Toss, don’t flush, that wipe. That’s the advice of Bethlehem Water and Sewer Resources as it seeks to head off sewer backups during the unfolding coronavirus pandemic. The virus has led to shortages ...

The wet wipes industry is blossoming. But with the growth comes a problem: clogged drains. Now the fight over "flushability" is heading to court. A multibillion-dollar industry has emerged over the ...

(NEXSTAR) – Just because something can be flushed down the toilet, doesn’t mean it should be. Plumbers and utility companies are warning people to think twice before they flush so-called “flushable” ...