(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 ...

Despite teasing consumers for decades, so-called "flushable" wipes can lead to a cascade of problems within home plumbing and wastewater systems. The key issue lies in their composition and durability ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (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 ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - 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 what the ...

HAYS, Kan. (KSNW) — The City of Hays says you should stop flushing “flushable wipes.” Water Smart Hays, the water resources department for the city, took to social media to share the message that the ...

Something’s in the water. And the Super Bowl made it worse. Mere weeks after a collapsed pipeline spilled an estimated 234 ...

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 ...

Jeepers, creepers! Look at this photo. This dumpster contains the ingredients of a fatberg — a toxic stew of fats, oils and grease that met up in the sewage system with sanitary products, none of ...

Non-flushable baby wipes are apparently set to avoid an outright ban in New Jersey — though they may soon have to be properly labeled to stay. That’s according to a proposal that began advancing in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -Metro Nashville Water Service is reminding people not to flush flushable wipes. The department said the wipes don’t break down like toilet paper, and the wipes affect sewer ...