• InputZero@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Pencils haven’t used lead in almost a century. Pencils use graphite which is just really thin sheets of carbon atoms arranged in lattice. Graphite is for all intents and purposes harmless to humans.

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        3 months ago

        They’ve never used lead, actually. People just thought graphite was black lead back in the 1500s.

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          It’s a colloquial term, but pencils have never contained lead.