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Can you get cuts from aluminum powder - yzyxax - 01-13-2020

Today at my school I was messing with this sketch thingy, the one with 2 knobs to twist up or down to draw, my friend decided to break it and when we broke it, this silver dust called aluminum powder got on my hands, I never knew it was dangerous cause your see, we never read the manual we just found it. About 3 minutes later he pointed to my hand and I saw blood. It kinda stung.The aluminum powder found in an Etch-a-Sketch will not cut you, it\'s much too small. In fact it\'s so small you could only see it\'s edges under a high powered microscope. The cut was most likely caused by jagged glass/plastic when you broke the Etch-a-Sketch open. It\'s not unusual to cut yourself and not realize until someone else sees you\'re bleeding.Other related question