I would have to say that for a product that can be purchased over the counter, the warnings on the label are pretty mild. I am opposed to "Nanny State" thinking that sets out to ban every product that could hurt somebody, because it is hard to know where to draw the line. You get to the stage where bleach and toilet cleaners must be banned just in case someone might wash their hands in them or drink them. But I must say the warnings on the HCl label were very understated for such a potentially dangerous product. At least I remembered my basic high school science of always adding the acid to water and not vice versa. But they did not even put that simple rule on the label.