Standing next to large cauldrons bellowing toxic fumes can be and probably are hazardous to your health. There is the possible side effect of gaining untold powers (or merely contracting a minor but irritating chest cold), but the most obvious and likely conclusion is that you will die in a pool of your own fluids.

One probably does not need a picture drawn to understand in which fluids an incapacitated person might find themselves, but make no mistake: it is a deadly and potent mixture.

There are no doubt plenty of people who consider themselves stoic proponents of standing in the vicinity of noxious fume-emitting canisters and containers, but I submit to you that many of these same people either do so with the aid of a breathing apparatus or simply lie on all standard issue 453-B5 Location Declaration forms.

This of course is a violation of 453-B5's Section B. caveat, which states that all location declarations, including but not limited to: posture, direction and purpose, must be 100% accurate, unless otherwise specified in Section T., exception 14.

And let me tell you; no one ever fills out exception 14.