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"Chemicals that have been shown to be harmful enough to warrant caution". I don't know what else to tell you.
The thing is, this specific chemical that we're talking about hadn't been shown to be harmful until now (and as you can see by the discussion elsewhere the jury is still out on if it has indeed been shown) so they couldn't have used that phrase either to argue that it should have been obvious why ingesting it is a bad idea.
I don’t care if it’s toxic or increases the human lifespan.
I was calling out people being shitty to each other. And by asking about what word would be more appropriate, I was trying to make a point that would illuminate how smugly stating “everything is a chemical” is shitty. It comes off as neckbeard bullshit. It’s exemplary of public forums being toxic.
And I’ll reiterate again, I’m not defending the toxicity of anything here. I was just looking for a way for the discourse on the subject to avoid jerks replying that they drink water, a chemical, every day.
This is also why I said I wasn’t talking to you. Because I wasn’t trying to make a point with you. I was engaging with the person I replied to. But here you are talking about the toxicity of a specific thing, instead of seeing my point.
You were asking what word they should have used instead of "chemicals" and I told you the one option that might be appropriate if not for the specific circumstances. What else do you want?