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Old 05-04-2006, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by swan-dogg
...anyways i always thought they were called a "lead pencil" and hence contained lead
I think they contained lead up until the 60's-70's, after that it was graphite. There is a much bigger demand for lead in the production of containers for storing uranium and uranium by-products
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