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 ...

Flushable wipes are, technically, flushable, the same way you can technically swallow a wad of chewing gum. Therein lies the dangerous half-truth behind flushable wipes: Just because a brand labels ...

INDIANAPOLIS (CONSUMER REPORTS) — They promise convenience and a cleaner clean-but those so-called flushable wipes may be wreaking havoc on your plumbing, the environment, and your wallet. Despite ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Companies like Cottonelle and Charmin heavily advertise their flushable wipes. They sound so convenient. But city sewers and home septic systems may beg to differ. Plumber Kenny ...

Think flushable wipes are safe? Think again! Thick, scented, baby, and disinfecting wipes can clog pipes, ruin septic systems ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Pinellas County, Florida leaders are sounding the alarm over a problem costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars — "flushable" wipes. You may have seen "flushable" ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photograph taken Sept. 20, 2013, in Middlesex, N.J., Rob Villee, executive director of the Plainfield Area Regional Sewer ...

Customers who bought Costco's Kirkland Signature Moist Flushable Wipes between 2011 and 2017 may be eligible for money in a class action lawsuit settlement. The lawsuit claims Costco falsely ...

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 ...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Not much bothers Bill Cyrus. As a technical service manager at the Trinity River Authority's wastewater treatment plant, he has seen and smelled it all. For 39 years, Cyrus has ...

Step away from the toilet. A study tested 101 single-use wipes and not one of them passed a flushability test. Instead, the wipes failed to fall apart or disperse safely in tests. In other words, ...