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 ...

In this photograph taken Sept. 20, 2013, in Middlesex, N.J., Rob Villee, executive director of the Plainfield Area Regional Sewer Authority in New Jersey, holds up a wipe he flushed through his test ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — ABC News 4 first told you about this story three years ago. You might call it the dirty little secret of the flushable wipe industry. The Charleston Water System says right ...

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 ...

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 ...

In its ceaseless battle to keep sewer pipes from clogging, this North Carolina city has identified several menaces over the years, including grease, cornstarch, packing peanuts and the modern scourge ...

The city of Wyoming, Minn., is suing six makers of wet wipes, arguing that so-called "flushable" wipes are clogging plumbing networks and costing the city big money. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in ...

Increasingly popular bathroom wipes, thick, premoistened towelettes that are advertised as flushable, are creating clogs and backups in sewer systems around the nation. Julio Cortez/AP Increasingly ...

“This is just part of what we do every day,” Trent, San Antonio Water System's line cleaning superintendent, said as a 300-pound metal claw pulled a mixture of baby wipes, disinfectant wipes and ...

Moist towelettes that are advertised as "flushable" have been shown to be anything but, according to those facing clogged drains. AP There’s no flushing away this problem. A Brooklyn dentist says 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 ...