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Do #2 pencils have lead in them.?

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  1. No.  Thousands of people would have died from lead poisoning if that were the case.  It's made from graphite.

    Hey, Conservative1st, graphite molecules are composed entirely of carbon.


  2. nope it is either carbon or carbide

  3. ni, what we cakk lead in any pencil is rally a form of carbon, called graphite.  It's made by burning natural gas in a low oxygen atmosphere

  4. no, its graphite (not carbon ... and definitely not lead)

  5. no just graphite

  6. No no pencils now a days have lead in it. The 'lead' in it is a mixture of clay and graphite, baked in a kiln, then encased in wood to make the pencils we have.

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