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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just because something can be flushed down the toilet, doesn’t mean it should be. Plumbers and utility companies are warning ...

The package calls it "flushable," but your plumber calls it job security. Here is the expensive mistake hiding in your bathroom.

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Wet wipes may be an improvement on traditional toilet paper, but even ones that say “flushable” on the package are not. Studies have shown that you can flush anything down the toilet, like urine, ...

Wet wipes, also known as flushable wipes, are moist wipes for cleaning feces from our butts after using the toilet. These wipes are essentially dampened cloths, and are often recommended over toilet ...

Companies like Cottonelle and Charmin heavily advertise their flushable wipes. They sound so convenient. But plumbers make a lot of house calls that involve clogged toilets, backed up sewer lines, and ...

Utility officials are reminding residents not to flush so-called “flushable” wipes.

After getting customer complaints about skin irritation and infection, Kimberly-Clark recalled certain lots of Cottonelle Flushable Wipes and Cottonelle GentlePlus Flushable Wipes. The recalled wipes ...

IN RECENT years, wet wipes have gotten a pretty terrible reputation – and for very good reason. Non-biodegradable wipes that are flushed down the loo cause build ups in the world’s sewer system – but ...