Not nearly as bad as you defending the galactally stupid.
What average joe knows what phosphate is? Admittedly, I don't even know. I hated chem class in high school and did just enough to get through it.
Your example of nitroglycerin and TNT is invalid, because it falls into my bleach example. You'd have to be living under a rock to not know swallowing TNT would be harmful, just like bleach.
But why would most people know what phosphate would do to you?
You know what, I went and Googled "phosphate" and here's the first Q&A result:
What is phosphate used for in the body?
Phosphate is necessary for the formation of bone and teeth. Phosphate is also used as a building block for several important substances, including those used by the cell for energy, cell membranes, and DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). The body obtains phosphate from foods and excretes it in urine and sometimes stool.
Doesn't sound bad
at all.
Again, the
President of the United States a person who if he doesn't know the answer should
get the answer first, said a bunch of words on TV and people took it as sound advice.
It's a terrible take to blame those people for following what they understood to be the advice of the leader of the entire nation, who should freaking know better.