I seem to recall some freeper stories of putting on a cape to gain Superman powers and then jumping off the roof to fly.
If it was little kids accidentally eating them that would be one thing - but even then - don't the parents have a clue? Although to be honest, I'm pretty sure I never spelled out to our little kids that the bottle of bleach wasn't a jug of water. I guess it was more of a blanket policy of keeping all of that kind of stuff out of their reach, and the laundry room was pretty much a no-go zone for them when they were little.
Heck...most teenagers don't know where the laundry room is!
“I seem to recall some freeper stories of putting on a cape to gain Superman powers and then jumping off the roof to fly.”
When I was six (1963), I had a Superman costume. I loved it. Printed on the shirt tail was a disclaimer warning that “This suit will not make you fly. Only Superman can fly.” Did I jump off of something to test it? Of course! But I had enough sense or at least was skeptical enough not to test it from a high roof. After all, Superman could take off from the ground. Point is, even “back in the day” there were Darwin Award candidates and lawyers trying to protect them by having inane warnings printed on things.