1 Wear safety goggles to protect your eyes. 2  Never use a plunger if a chemical cleaner is present in the drain; you risk splashing the chemical on yourself.  Never remove a trap with chemicals present; you risk burns to your skin. Call a professional but make certain you inform them of what chemical you used.
Originally Answered: Why is the Moon drifting away by 1 cm each year? Because of tidal forces between moon and Earth. As Earth and moon pull each other, bulges are created on the surface.
exists and is an alternate of . The moon is actually moving away from the earth, very slowly. This is caused by some interesting tidal effects. Someday hundreds of thousands or millions of years from now there will be no such thing as a total solar eclipse because the moon will be too distant to completely block the face of the sun.