Although scientific evidence for effective heavy metal toxicity treatment is not adequate, chelation therapy with chelating agents, such as DMPS and ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA), is considered the best-known treatment for metal poisoning or toxicity.
What was it like growing up during the Great Depression? For many people, life was a daily struggle. At the peak of the Depression, 25% of the nation's workers -- one out of four -- were unemployed. No job meant no money to pay the mortgage or buy food and clothes for the family.
The stock market crash of 1929 greatly affected life in the 1930s. Before 1929, the economy was flourishing and families bought homes and cars in record numbers, often on credit. As a result of the stock market crash, many families lost their homes and one-quarter of the workforce lost their jobs.