“When flushed, wet ... with wipes can open up a real can of worms. “It is not uncommon for wipes to bring to light compound problems,” Yates says. “Tree roots will snag flushable products ...

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health described fatbergs as hard clumps of fat and oil mixed with non-flushable items like sanitary products and wet wipes. These non-biodegradable masses ...

Exploring the field of flushable wipes can be compared to an absolute labyrinth in many cases. On one hand, there is a wet, ...

Customers who bought Costco's Kirkland Signature Moist Flushable Wipes between ... household - the equivalent of 43 products. According to the plaintiff, the wipes caused clogged plumbing and ...

Flushable wipes are controversial. On the surface, they seem ideal: A discreet wipe in the bathroom leaves you clean without repeated wipes with toilet paper. But CR recently interviewed experts ...

Craig Covey, community liaison with Nash's office, said, "Wipes and similar products are costing ... that include materials marketed as "flushable" — moist toilet tissue, toddler training ...

It’s not always easy to tell which wipes are truly flushable. Companies are required to test their own products before labeling them as “flushable,” but there’s not third-party ...

is suing six makers of wet wipes ... representing manufacturers of wipes and other products. "However, we take great exception to any effort to blame flushable wipes for the problems being ...

Once down the drain, it will congeal with other items — dental floss, feminine hygiene products ... wet wipe island taking over the Bow River, crews are seeing an increasing number of wipes ...