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Pencils do not contain lead, contrary to popular belief. Pencils contain graphite, which doesn't kill anything on its own.

Pencil "lead" is not lead. It is graphite. The only way to hurt your female organs with a pencil is if you stab your self in the gut.

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Can using lead pencil lead that accidentally poked you and left a scratch kill you?

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Can eating pencil lead kill you in ten years?

If lead pencils were the ONLY thing you ate, it would kill you in a lot less time than that. Pencils do contain some digestible fiber (in the wood), while the graphite "lead" doesn't provide much in the way of nutrition. The "lead" in a pencil is actually not the element lead, which can be toxic; it is graphite, which is powdered carbon. Eating one pencil "lead" is pointless, but harmless.


What happens if the lead in the pencil is consumed?

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Would a piece of lead kill you from a pencil?

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What is the percentage of lead in the lead pencil you are using?

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Is pencil lead is Pb free?

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Is pencil lead solution?

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Is a pencil poison?

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Which has the most lead aluminum or pencil lead?

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How do they get lead out of pencil?

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Is a pencil lead is insulator or conductor?

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