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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://blogs.mercola.com:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /><title>Flush Your Worries, Not Your Wipes  ​</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/03/28/flush-your-worries-not-your-wipes.aspx</link><description>A very popular product of the coronavirus panic-purchasing gang, in addition to toilet paper, is wipes. KPC News reports that the mass sale of wipes has resulted in mass flushing of wipes, which is wreaking havoc on sewer systems everywhere. Wastewater</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>re: Flush Your Worries, Not Your Wipes  ​</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/03/28/flush-your-worries-not-your-wipes.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#987883</link><pubDate>3/29/2020 3:22:48 AM</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:987883</guid><dc:creator>npolog</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Having had some sewer issues (clogged main drain) and having pulled my toilet several times (due to no available cleanout) to remediate the issue...I finally started to use a waste basket for all toilet paper. &amp;nbsp;I also use 1/2 cup lye every 2 weeks to keep the line open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Might seem like overkill...but after messing around with a 1/2&amp;quot; drill and cable to try and clean out the clog several times (an unhygenic mess)...I&amp;#39;ve settled on these 2 cleaner methods: &amp;nbsp;a water inflatable balloon that shoots a jet of water into the sewer line while expanding to block any blowback and the lye treatment. &amp;nbsp;The lye treatment costs around $2 / month and works surprisingly well...IF you catch the issue BEFORE you have a total clog...if you wait until the drain totally clogs there will be so much water in the line that it will dilute the lye too much. &amp;nbsp;I simply flush 1/2 cup before bed and don&amp;#39;t flush until noon the next day &amp;nbsp;I using food grade lye...not the stuff that has the extra chemicals in it. &amp;nbsp;Don&amp;#39;t try to flush regular drain cleaner.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So far no issues using the lye and t-paper in a waste basket. &amp;nbsp;Haven&amp;#39;t needed to use the water balloon. &amp;nbsp;Problem is you never really know if you are doing too much...but as long as things keep flowing...not an issue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m fairly sure the charge to have a line cleared is going to be around $300 or more. To dig up the line...you just don&amp;#39;t wanna know.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Flush Your Worries, Not Your Wipes  ​</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/03/28/flush-your-worries-not-your-wipes.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#987777</link><pubDate>3/28/2020 8:37:45 AM</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:987777</guid><dc:creator>Randyfast</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Never let a crisis go to waste! You can bet that the global corporations have already made hundreds of millions of $$$ selling hygiene and sanitation/cleaning products! It&amp;#39;s all part of the plan! Of course; once they start rolling out the vaccine for COVID-19, they will be raking in BILLIONS of $$$! I can guarantee you that a vaccine will be available a lot sooner than 18 months - and it WILL be mandatory &amp;quot;for the sake of humanity&amp;quot;!&lt;/p&gt;
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