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Posted by DanG on June 27, 2007, 7:49 pm
Don,
I remember the same misinformation. A short family history - when
my dad was in high school (really old, as in the 30's) he was
stabbed in the hand by another kid with a pencil. It may not have
been the lead or graphite, but something on that pencil gave him
blood poisoning and came mighty close to dying. I guess I'm glad,
else I wouldn't be here.
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Keep the whole world singing . . . .
DanG (remove the sevens)
dgriff237@7cox.net
>
>> Huge collection of tattoos
>
> This reminded me of a "fact" that was passed around when I was
> in elementary school (mid to late '50s). It stated that one
> would most certainly get "lead" poisoning from pencils if used
> to make tattoos. This was in the "just rewards"/precautionary
> tale format when told. The victim (always a child about our age
> at the time) give himself (or was given by a peer) a tattoo
> using a pencil. The "lead" in the pencil gave him lead
> poisoning and his arm had to be amputated. I'd heard this both
> in the civilian grade school 2nd-5th grades) I went to in
> Aurora, CO and the military dependants school (6th grade) I went
> to at Minot AFB, ND. By the time I heard it at the latter
> school, I had already found out that "lead" was actually
> graphite and harmless, which I was more than happy to inform the
> teller of the tale. Which, I guess, initiated my interest in
> debunking (as well as my social ostrazation).
>
> That pencil lead (actually, a non-toxic, blend of graphite and
> clay) could cause lead poisoning is not too uncommon a
> misconception, as observed by the many sites disclaiming it.
> But so far I haven't seen any other recounts of an imaginary
> incident behind it. But I remember it being taken as gospel at
> the time.
>
>
> --
> -Don
> Ever had one of those days where you just felt like:
> http://cosmoslair.com/BadDay.html ?
> (Eating the elephant outside the box, one paradigm at a time)
>
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