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No, pencils nowadays do not actually contain poisonous lead so you'll be fine:)

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What would happen if you put your finger in a pencil sharpener?

Putting your finger in a pencil sharpener can result in a cut, injury, or damage to your finger. It is not safe to insert body parts into a pencil sharpener, as it is designed for pencils only. If an injury occurs, seek medical attention immediately.


Can pencil lead make you die?

No


Can you die from the stuff in a pencil?

Well the stuff in a pencil is lead, if you eat or ingest a lot of it you might die or get really sick.


If you eat a piece of led will you die?

Yes you can die from eating led but, if it was a number 3 pencil that someone ate its graphite and you can only die from lead if you eat a lot of it for example half of a pencil or a whole pencil.


If a puppy eats lead from a pencil will the puppy die?

no the puppy will not die, just call a vet or take it to the vet.


What will happen if you eat pencil lead daily?

You will die a slow and very painful death.


Will you die if you get lead poisoning in your finger?

Lead poisoning is a systemic condition which leads to mental impairment and organ failure (which will result in an early death). Lead poisoning affects your whole body, not just one finger. If there is something wrong with your finger, you should have it checked out by medical professionals.


How many days or minutes you will die if you eat a pencil?

Pencil making companies do not use real lead anymore, well most of them don't. For the most part pencils are non toxic and you are not likely to die from them since they are no longer real lead. Besides lead doesn't really kill you just gives you brain damage.


Can you die from getting stab by lead?

Sure


Does sucking on a lead pencil give you lead poisoning?

Actually, the "lead" of a pencil is not lead at all. It is actually graphite. If it were lead, you would get very sick and die from lead poisoning...and as tasty as that pencil tip may look, it probably wont taste good and you really shouldn't eat it. Nonetheless, the graphite probably wont hurt too bad even if you decide to eat it.


Can people die by putting lead in there mouths?

yess! its worse when you eat it. you can die from lead poisoning. by the led getting into your blood cells.


Lead pencil do not have lead so why its call lead pencil?

Lead pencils used to contain lead. Now, graphite or a mixture of graphite and clay powder is used, but old habits die hard and some people still call them lead pencils. Also, even though lead has not been used in pencils for a long time, the paint on the outside contained lead until the middle of the 20th century. This was harmful for people who had a habit of chewing on their pencils.