James, alpha lipoic acid is a known mercury chelator. In fact, it is more powerful than DMSA and is the one that chelates organs and brain. So powerful it is, that people have to first lower their body levels with DMSA (or DMPS) (or otherwise) first before adding ALA.

ALA has gotten plenty of people well from mercury. I do not know where you are getting these studies, but they have absolutely nothing to do with what reality has shown and what people with mercury experience.

Some get well on ALA alone, even without DMSA. Andy Cutler even says that DMSA is optional, ALA is essential. yes it does chelate mercury and i've seen this over and over and over again.

The contradictory "studies" and "reports" out there are vast. I take more notice of my own experience and those of my mercury toxic peers! And more notice of the doctor/therapists who actually know what they're talking about and the results speak for themselves.