I pick up high concentrated hydrogen peroxide (35%) at my local farm supply store all the time. It's good for dealing with pests on my plants. No idea where I would get the concentrated acid though.
The way it works is how it's supposed to work. They called it "horse and sparrow," economics in the late 1800s. They changed the name because that is blatantly telling the rest of us to "eat shit."
Nepotism. He has rich parents. Namely a former ambassador, and an heiress.