> …it will get repeated by less capable viewers in uncontrolled environments.

Maybe.

I dunno, I’ve been active in underground chemistry forums for 15 years at this point, and the thing it drove home to me is that 99.9% of the people on there are armchair chemists, and only a tiny fraction actually do any home chemistry.

It’s all exciting to read about and watch, but for the most part people steer clear (for sane, good reasons). I can’t imagine this will be any different, same with NileRed, same with Explosions and Fire.

Agreed on the need to phase out chlorinated solvents, but again I’m much more worried about Joe Blow buying DCM paint stripper from the hardware store and not understand what it is than I am someone who does know what it is watching someone else synthesise chloroform.