The discussion over wipes products and “flushables” got a little more heated this week when Dr. Joseph Kurtz, 35, of Brooklyn, N.Y., filed a class action lawsuit against Kimberly-Clark and Costco Wholesale in the Brooklyn Federal Court. The lawsuit seeks damages of $5 million and represents 100 people, claiming that consumers around the country have experienced flooding, clogged pipes, jammed sewers and problems with septic tanks due to disposable products labeled “flushable.” Kurtz says he paid plumbers $600 to unclog pipes in his New York and New Jersey homes.“The defendants should have known that their representations regarding flushable wipes were
