Come to think of it, Bex, I was NOT doing the DMSA on those 2 days when I did the ALA. Because of what you had said negating the DMSA.

Either way, the ALA alone is not for me I found that out. I do normally add one 60mg ALA to my smoothies now and then anyway, it seems to be ok when mixed in with all of the rset of that.

I do recall a very heavy duty metallic smell in the bathroom when I finally unlocked from the ALA, so given that, i would say it does defintely chelate and quite well but too much for me. The mercury you know, when it gets into your bowels on it's way out, literally paralyzes the muscles. The EDTA/DMPS, maybe the DMSA bind real good and also move more metal through your urine, which is a lot easier. I think I have that right, I should probably check, but if recall that is the idea.The EDTA actually dissolves a lot of other toxins which is cool too.