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In this Aug. 16, 2013, photo provided by the city of Vancouver (Wash.), Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator Frank Dick poses with flushable wipes that made it through a test to see if they would break down, at the Westside Wasterwater Treatment Plant. Various bathroom wipes were specially dyed and then sent through the sewer system, but instead of dissolving, most wound up intact.
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