Non Toxic and Acid free

May '11 LeoScrapbook

Hello everyone, I am curious for pencils, markers, and pens are non-toxic is it the same thing as acid-free or is it not the same? If its not the same then what is the difference between non-toxic and acid-free? Anyone can help me? Thanks
May '11 Aquabunny

RE: LeoScrapbook: Hello everyone, I am curious for pencils, markers, and pens are non-toxic is it the same thing as acid-free or is it not the same? If its not the same then what is the difference between non-toxic and acid-free? Anyone can help me? Thanks

Non-toxic means "not poisonous to a human being." Acid-free means free of acids that can be poisonous to paper and photographs. A slice of apple is non-toxic but I wouldn't use it on a scrapbook page. A bottle of adhesive can be acid-free and it may even also be non-toxic but I'm not going to ingest it.
May '11 Bxr-Linda

RE: Aquabunny: Non-toxic means "not poisonous to a human being." Acid-free means free of acids that can be poisonous to paper and photographs. A slice of apple is non-toxic but I wouldn't use it on a scrapbook page. A bottle of adhesive can be acid-free and it may even also be non-toxic but I'm not going to ingest it.

What aquabunny said.

non-toxic and acid-free ARE very different.