At about 11:30AM I was stabbed with a mechanical pencil. Then, at about 6:30PM I found out that there was part of the lead in my side that I pulled out. How can I tell if I have lead poisoning or not?
2006-10-23 14:47:30 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
It is difficult to say...but is a #2 lead pencil?
did you bleed?
who stabbed you by the way?
I think you should get some ebsom salts and soak the area...and let it rest overnight...and see what happens in the am
2006-10-23 14:57:15 · answer #1 · answered by Winters child 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pencil Lead Poisoning
2016-11-12 04:15:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pencil "lead" is not lead at all. It is graphite, which is a form of carbon. You can get lead poisoning by eating the paint off a pencil, but you would have to eat a lot of it.
2006-10-23 14:56:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it takes a bit more lead than that to poison you. I'm not even sure the pencils actually contain lead anymore since it is harmful. I know the "lead" stain glass paints are no longer lead.
2016-03-18 23:20:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Today's pencils do not use lead so there is no such thing as lead posioning in pencils.
2006-10-23 14:59:04 · answer #5 · answered by aaron_esq 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pencils don't contain anything that can harm you anymore. I think you are pretty safe, my daughter was stabbed with one last year I took her to the doctor and they said she would be fine.
2006-10-23 14:51:40 · answer #6 · answered by awagner1971 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I still have a piece in my hand from 24 years ago. Not dead yet. Can still see it. Pencils have not been lead for over 30 years. Probably a lot longer.
2006-10-23 14:56:42 · answer #7 · answered by freedom 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope...there's no "lead" in pencil leads anymore. It's all graphite..
2006-10-23 14:54:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, there is no lead in a lead pencil: the black comes from graphite.
2006-10-23 14:53:10 · answer #9 · answered by JOHN M 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No they don't use lead any more, I think it's called graphite. Just clean it out well.
2006-10-23 14:56:43 · answer #10 · answered by marie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋