A Walmart employee took to social media to warn women who use the retail giant’s public bathrooms about IV drug users cleaning their needles in toilet paper rolls.
Devan, who is known as @601devan on TikTok, posted a video from his car wearing the blue Walmart vest with a public service announcement for female customers.
‘If you use public bathrooms, stop what you’re doing, and listen to this,’ he said. ‘You’re gonna see why.’
He went on to urge viewers to check inside of toilet paper dispensers and the roll itself before using it due to risks of contamination by IV drug users and their needles.
Devan accompanied his message with a picture of a toilet roll with red holes poked through it – appearing to be blood-like spots along the side.
‘This is exactly what I’m talking about,’ he said while pointing at the photo on the screen.
‘This is from needle using junkies going into the bathroom, taking that cover that’s over it off, sticking their needles in there and cleaning their needles.’
He continued and said that although you won’t see little spots of blood on all the rolls, customers should still check for pin-like holes, noting how a needle won’t always be bloody after use.
A Walmart employee took to TikTok to warn his followers – specifically the women – that the toilet paper in the public restrooms may be contaminated from drug abusers who clean their needles in the roll and to diligently check before using
‘For all my ladies out there, you have no choice but to use toilet paper, so I suggest check your toilet paper before you sit down to use the bathroom, or just bring wipes of your own,’ he added.
Despite informing his followers that he had only seen the drug-contaminated toilet paper once or twice in person, thousands of viewers expressed their newly-developed fear for public restrooms in the comments.
‘I will go without wiping if it takes. Never even knew this,’ one person wrote.
Another said: ‘Thanks for the advice!! This is crazy!! How scary simple things like toilet paper can be a hazard.’
‘Omg! I was just thinking about what could be in the toilet paper because everything else is poison! And now this comes up. Thanks for the warning!’ said another.
DailyMail.com has approached Walmart for comment.
The horrifying claims come amid reports substance abuse crisis in the United States was reported to be increasingly more apparent.
Addicts have been spotted in a drug-induced haze with needles jabbed into their veins as early as 11am on the bustling streets of Midtown Manhattan, the New York Post reported.
A TikTok creator known as Devan told his followers that he has seen two instances in person of blood-like spots and pin-like holes on toilet paper rolls in Walmart’s public bathrooms from needles contaminating the paper
In another viral video from September, Dane Jones, a ‘social media watchdog’, warned his followers that coming into contact with a drug abuser’s contaminated blood from the bathroom’s toilet paper can have devastating effects.
‘If you are using this toilet paper to clean yourself, all it takes is one tiny drop of blood to enter your system,’ he said while discussing how to avoid HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B or C in public spaces.
‘If you do see a toilet paper roll that looks bloodstained in a public restroom, notify the staff immediately to have it replaced and stay as far away as you can from it.’
Evidence from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also back up the shocking claims – noting how the hepatitis virus can survive in a drop of blood, a bodily fluid or even on a dry surface for weeks while still remaining capable of causing infection.
The hepatitis C virus can survive on environmental surfaces at room temperature for up to four days and can spread through contact with dried blood as well.