Pencils aren’t made of lead. They’re made of graphite, which people long ago thought was a kind of lead. ... Over time, the No. 2 pencil became the preferred writing tool for school-age kids.

Hot market for pencils help kids turn lead into gold. Julie Wernau, The Wall Street Journal 3 min read 08 Apr 2024, 07:57 PM IST. Sasha Portnoy showing her mini ...

Kids 'get the lead out' with new pencils from the Siouxland Y. Earl Horlyk Sep 13, 2014 Sep 13 ... Kevin Engel-Cartie, to pass the pencils onto the kids who could really use them.

Pencil lead however, might cause some to worry as lead is a well known poison that can cause developmental problems in kids and irreversible damage to organs such as your kidneys and even your brain.

It seems that we’ve been poisoning our kids. Or, at least, our schools have. Almost 90 percent of the 249 school water systems recently tested for lead showed some level of lead in the drinking ...