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by sT370ma2 1586 days ago
So you are saying that because one kid in a million wins a Darwin award using a chemistry set, the other 999,999 can't have one?
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No..

Re-read the part about accidents. Accidents aren’t Darwin awards. Accidents happen in Level 4 Bio facilities by some of the most highly trained individuals in the world. I’m guessing the accident rate for kids would be much higher than 1 in a million.

And you can still buy an adult chemistry set for your kid and supervise them to the extent you feel is appropriate.

Maybe you personally have never had an accident but to err is human and kid’s products do need to be designed for the masses and accounting for the fact that their bodies, moral compass and decision making is still in flux.

You could not buy a decent chemistry set for your child in the 1970's and 1980's and supervise him. That is the point.
Adult chemistry supplies never went away. You can, in fact, go buy all sorts of chemicals and college-level chemistry lab kits from suppliers right now. The only thing that actually changed is that the immediately dangerous stuff couldn't go in products actively advertised for children.