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Just for anyone reading along and thinking it's safe, there are huge caveats that people are leaving out which is a disservice to our fellow lemmers (lemmyers? Lemmiets? Lemlets?).
Older wastewater systems and even some newer regulated and "up to code" systems do not factor in wipes. They are designed with human waste and toiletpaper ONLY.
Wipe manufacturers categorize and regulate themselves for "flushable".
You'll be hard pressed to find anything "Scientific" unless it comes from BIGWIPES ^tm^.
Unless you've paid an engineer and state institutions to design and approve a new system which you've installed that takes into account the difference in "wipes materials" (of which all those materials need to be regulated as well, state coding approval for all steps of the manufacturing and QA), you're never going to find any official/professional who would legally make themselves liable for the efficacy of that system by saying "flush wipes".
Beyond that, go dig up and open your septic tank lid. Every single one I've exposed has wipes in it. "But they used the wrong wipes", yeah... but you can't use the wrong toilet paper. No one is going to say use wipes because they know the result will be people using shitty wipes eventually (or the manufacturer changes its product).
Flushable doesn't mean it's biodegradable. Biodegradable doesn't mean it's meant to break down in a septic tank. Even it breaks down is a huge connotation on time/material and if it's even processable or just sits there till it has to get pumped, meaning more expensive pumps, more often (your septic tank just becomes a "big wipes bin" that you have to pay to have removed).
I mean the whole "Septic Tank" debate itself is fucking hilarious. You're just saying "it's safe!", how many gallons is the tank rated for? How many occupants are using the system? Is there any type of effluent filter or pump? What kind of drop do your pipes have? How many wipes are you using per flush? It's such a ridiculous thing to just hand wave, sure you flush your shit and someone said, "go ahead! (extra pump$ for me!)". Drop your scientific shit articles (well it's about poop and flushing after all), I need something to read on the shitter anyways.