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I'm not a professional plumber, but fairly experienced with Plumbing. From what I understand, a p-trap allows for a small pool of water that acts as a barrier between the nasty stuff down your drain, ie. poisonous gases and smells. It also can catch bigger stuff that shouldn't be going down the drain and block it in a generally easily accessible spot, versus clogging up further down the line. It is certainly required by plumbing codes and should the sewer/septic gases build up they can cause illness/death or cause an explosion.

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