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minus-squareInputZero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agoPencils 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.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoThey’ve never used lead, actually. People just thought graphite was black lead back in the 1500s.
minus-squarelaz@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 days agoGot confused due to marketing apparently back home refils are called leads
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoIt’s a colloquial term, but pencils have never contained lead.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoOn the shell, and pencils use graphite - they haven’t used lead for ages. I can’t imagine trying to write on an egg itself with either kind of pencil.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoPencils have actually never contained lead. People in the 1500s just thought graphite was lead.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoHuh, interesting
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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.
They’ve never used lead, actually. People just thought graphite was black lead back in the 1500s.
Got confused due to marketing apparently back home refils are called leads
It’s a colloquial term, but pencils have never contained lead.
On the shell, and pencils use graphite - they haven’t used lead for ages.
I can’t imagine trying to write on an egg itself with either kind of pencil.
Pencils have actually never contained lead. People in the 1500s just thought graphite was lead.
Huh, interesting