Flushing Tampons

ken5601 · #1 Oct 31, 2007, 05:45 AM

Is it true that flushing tampons down a toliet will stop it up and cause an overflow?

templelane · Oct 31, 2007, 05:46 AM

Yep. Same for sanitory towels. It happens and it's not fun.

EDIT

"75% of blocked drains are caused by flushing sanitary protection,"
Disposable menstrual products - The issue

This site also mentions other problems associatedwith this practice.

MOWERMAN2468 · Oct 31, 2007, 06:57 PM

Yes!!!



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