One big reason our streams are so toxic. People wouldn’t feel the need to use Drano one of the worst toxins/poisons that go into our streams. You can try as a homeowner or apartment dweller to unclog your drain with white vinegar baking soda and plunging it, but if that doesn’t work and you need to call a plumber it can cost $375 for a plumber to just use a snake devise down your drain.
For a hour worth of work or less that plumber gets $375
dollars. Who can afford that on a regular basis or ever no wonder people keep using Drano. You can get drain traps which help, don’t even bother to use a garbage disposal because when they get messed up ...a plumber is needled. Drano also eats away the pipes, plumbers make money off of that. Plumbers should not make using a snake devise so pricey that the masses of low income people have no alternative then to use harmful chemicals.Everyone should be on board in protecting our environment.Even union plumbers.
One big reason our streams are so toxic.
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