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minus-squareInputZero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 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-22 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.
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.