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We’re way past talking anuses; we’re in class-action lawsuit territory against being able to market the term “flushable”.

The buyers and users of wipes are changing diapers on little kids and old people, not on-the-go busy professionals. The immense concentrations in sewers are not correlated with office worker productivity. Wipes are convenient to do that in public. Only a few countries have enough trash cans nearby for the occasion.

So, if someone is going to market the term flushable, I want them to be responsible for plumbing fiascos when it is.




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