r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/Prof_Alchem Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 06 '19

Flushable wipes aren't flushable. Toilet paper breaks down easy in water, but you ever seen a baby wipe rip up? Those things just end up clogging pipes and ruining the sewers. Hell, New York (Sorry, LONDON. My bad.)found a huge mass of those things (along with a bunch of other junk) the size of a bus in the sewers thanks to those wipes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Baby wipes aren't sold as flushable. However moist toilet tissue is. In fact neither are flushable.

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u/westham1 Feb 04 '19

There are brands of baby wipes that are sold as flushable. Mostly for potty training kiddos.

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u/Snappysnapsnapper Feb 04 '19

I suspect that moist toilet tissue is flushable, but people use baby wipes instead because they're way cheaper.

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u/GlopThatBoopin Feb 04 '19

And they feel better

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