is edta safe
EDTA has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a food additive generally recognized as safe. Additionally, EDTA is safely used as a chelating agent for people with heavy metal or mercury poisoning. The chemical enters the bloodstream, binds metals, and most of it departs. While this is great for someone with too many metals, a high dose of EDTA administered to someone in good health could have toxic effects. Our bodies need certain metals to complete complex cellular reactions. And donât forget that hemoglobin in our blood uses iron.