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I am eating slate pencil.do it really ruin health?
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Please get help: If you simply chew pencils and pens, I have always done the same thing and apart from one broken tooth am none the worse for it. If you are swallowing, and this is compulsive, then please get with someone who can help you modify / eliminate this behavior, and read online about "pica". I also trust you are not iron deficient. Your physician can be your guide.
Answered 4/11/2015
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