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 ...

There's a certain kind of confidence that comes with reading the word "flushable" on a package. It sounds official. It sounds tested. It sounds like somebody checked. The problem is, for the people ...

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 ...

In the grand tradition of misidentifying problems and offering proposals that won’t work, the city council of Washington, D.C. wants to force manufacturers of flushable toilet wipes to change the ...

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 ...

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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, ...

This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the basement of the Center for Urban Innovation at Ryerson University in Toronto, a ...

Five times faster, the company says. And that means a better, er, result when it comes to finishing your business in the bathroom, minus the worry of clogging your plumbing and local wastewater ...

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 ...