i ask beacuse i just got stabbed by a mechanical pencil and it was just some minor bleeding
2007-06-11 08:45:17 · 9 answers · asked by shox2545 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
but it was from one of those clicky pencils
2007-06-11 09:07:48 · update #1
No, it is graphite.
2007-06-15 19:25:38 · answer #1 · answered by mama woof 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pencils are not made from lead, but graphite. Lead is fairly soft but not soft enough to use as writing material. It's also a heavy metal so carrying around a number of pencils would probably be a chore. Graphite is a very common mineral a soft native carbon. Making it ideal for using in pencils.
If it such a common mineral how come I have never seen it?
2007-06-11 08:59:35 · answer #2 · answered by SgtMoto 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, its graphite. No danger to you at all. I was running through a park about 10 years ago and had a pencil in my pocket with the sharp side pointing up(stupid I know!). i jumped up onto a fallen tree and it stabbed me in the side. I had to pull it out of myslef, and there was some minor bleeding. I still have the "graphite tatoo" to this day in my side.
2007-06-11 09:07:11 · answer #3 · answered by Big T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way to clean lead out of the blood stream is to eat the rest of the pencil. It'll all be drawn to your stomach and passed through your system. Lead-based paint can also accomplish this if you don't have the pencil anymore. Try to eat as much as possible.
2016-03-13 09:09:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah, it is made from graphite. It is just carbon. Nothing fancier than that. You will not get lead poisoning from a pencil.
2007-06-11 08:49:21 · answer #5 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No- it's just graphite. I would be more worried about the person who stabbed you!!
2007-06-11 08:55:04 · answer #6 · answered by wildwillow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Graphite, a form of carbon.
2007-06-11 08:49:35 · answer #7 · answered by Laurence W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not anymore - it's graphite now, totally harmless.
2007-06-11 08:53:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No from graphite
2007-06-18 19:47:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋