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Rules and Regs: Wipes Manufacturer Will No Longer Claim Its Product Safe for Onsite Systems

In this month's regulations update, a bill requiring cesspool replacement at the sale of property is up for a vote in Rhode Island, and a national wipes manufacturer ends its claim of flushability
  • By Doug Day
  • June 25, 2015

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Rules and Regs: Wipes Manufacturer Will No Longer Claim Its Product Safe for Onsite Systems

A manufacturer of wet wipes has agreed to stop promoting its product as being flushable and will no longer claim they are safe for sewers and septic tanks until it can substantiate the claims. The proposed settlement with Nice-Pak Products Inc. was announced on May 18 by the...

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