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[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also a broken bit of lead could easily float into someone's eye or get aspirated.

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There is no way either side used lead pencils. Saying lead is in pencils is a very outdated thing, it's all graphite these days.

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it hasn’t been graphite for while now either….

pencil lead

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Arcka@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

Regular chalk is calcium carbonate. Crayola's website says their sidewalk chalk uses calcium sulfate (gypsum as an ingredient in plaster of paris).

So they're both calcium salts.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A sharp piece of graphite from a broken pencil is not something you would want in your eyes either