Should You Flush That Wipe? | msnbc

An All In investigation into the booming industry of personal care wipes and what all those wipes are doing to America's sewage system.

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Should You Flush That Wipe? | msnbc

[NoReNoRe]

Make the wet wipe companies pay for the damages and repair costs.
Make their CEOs go there and work a few shifts.

[kimjuanjun]

A friend of mine works in one of these and he has seen alot of weird stuff. The weirdest have been miscarriages and dead baby animals

[kadenzhere]

I accidentally flushed a wipe that’s why I’m watching this

[SoundsGoodBabe]

Who would have ever thought this was actually this big of a problem..

[thatbhaddoll]

i just flushed a wipe ;-; and i came to this video

[josearguettabitoni]

Killers flushing down body parts

👁👄👁

[jessicah]

I saw some maxi pads in there too. Who does that, seriously? When your plumbing backs up your neighbors will love you. Someone's gotta clean that up. Just follow the instructions and put it in the trash. I think people are flushing their makeup wipes and disinfectant wipes too, I know I am guilty of that here and there until I saw this video.

[HalifaxHercules]

Even one hand wipe can clog your sewage line and cause a mess.

It happened to me.

[wendyalejandra]

Had to show this to my husband since he was about to flush a wipe 😒

[ChuckNORRlS]

I have an idea, how about we eat them...

[play]

Brought you buy toilet paper companies. The city just needs to upgrade its equipment to meet the needs of the city.

[cristeavlad]

i have been flushing down wipes from tons of brands for all my life, never had a problem with any toilet. im NEVER gonna stop flushing wet wipes. hahahaha

[kula_lala]

Hmm Golfball's....challenged accepted!!

[citlalie]

Why can we just wash our butts with water and soap..

[michaelnolanjr.]

What about cross bars, or a strong wire mesh? That was about 45 seconds of thought. Engineers get on it.

[SelectCircle]

O my God. You have us SO WORRIED!

We should be MUCH more worried about this - than about ISIS!

[siimsaat]

"But my wet wipe says flushable on it?”
Unfortunately, not everything does what it says on the packet.
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