Legislative measures to limit the sale of hydrogen peroxide concentrated to 12% or higher have been made in the European Union.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02019R1148-20190711|title=Regulation (EU) No 2019/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the marketing and use of explosives precursors}}</ref>
A key disadvantage is the high susceptibility of TATP to accidental detonation, causing [[workplace accidents]]injuries and "[[own goal]]s"deaths among illegal bomb-makers, which has led to TATP being referred to as the "Mother of Satan".<ref name=satan>{{cite web|last1 = Genuth | first1 = Iddo | last2 = Fresco-Cohen | first2 = Lucille | name-list-style = vanc |title = TATP: Countering the Mother of Satan |publisher = The Future of Things |date = 6 November 2006 |url = http://thefutureofthings.com/articles/35/tatp-countering-the-mother-of-satan.html |quote = The tremendous devastative force of TATP, together with the relative ease of making it, as well as the difficulty in detecting it, made TATP one of the weapons of choice for terrorists |access-date = 24 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="mother of satan">{{cite web | last = Glas | first = Kristin | name-list-style = vanc | title = TATP: Countering the Mother of Satan | publisher = The Future of Things | date = 2006-11-06 | url =http://thefutureofthings.com/3035-tatp-countering-the-mother-of-satan/ | quote = The tremendous devastative force of TATP, together with the relative ease of making it, as well as the difficulty in detecting it, made TATP one of the weapons of choice for terrorists | access-date =24 September 2009}}</ref> TATP was found in the accidental explosion that preceded the [[2017 Barcelona attacks|2017 terrorist attacks in Barcelona and surrounding areas]].<ref name="GDNBarcelonaTATP">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/20/spain-attacks-king-joins-public-at-mass-for-victims-in-barcelona | title=Police extend hunt for Barcelona attack suspect across Europe|last1=Watts |first1=Jonathan |last2=Burgen |first2=Stephen | name-list-style = vanc |date=21 August 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=16 September 2017 }}</ref>
Large-scale TATP synthesis is often betrayed by excessive bleach-like or fruity smells. This smell can even penetrate into clothes and hair in amounts that are quite noticeable. A person who has been making TATP "smells like chemicals"; this was reported in the [[2016 Brussels bombings]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Andrew Higgins|author2=Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura|title=In Brussels Bombing Plot, a Trail of Dots Not Connected|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/world/europe/in-brussels-bombing-plot-a-trail-of-dots-not-connected.html|access-date=28 March 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 March 2016}}</ref>
