# heavy metal Chelation

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**Created:** [May 23, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/heavy-metal-chelation/50420 "2011-05-23T05:35:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/heavy-metal-chelation/50420/6 "2011-05-23T20:13:04Z")

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Tacitus experimented with skin chelation.

> [@Reversing metal induced skin hardening](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/reversing-metal-induced-skin-hardening/4157):
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> Or… “tanning”… not to be confused with skin darkening from ultaviolet exposure, I mean tanning in the sense of converting a raw skin into leather… appears that this process is part of why skin gets old and … leathery… OK… got my hands on a commercial bath water additive based on a chelation agent, EDTA, which has a powerful binding affinity for heavy metals and ferro metals… and it also seems that the gradual exposure of the skin to these metal ions allow them to bind with the skin’s collagen s…

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