1 Treating lead poisoning. 2  Administering EDTA intravenously and intramuscularly is effective for treating lead poisoning and brain damage caused by lead exposure. 3  The calcium disodium form of EDTA is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for these uses.
For twins Amy and Katie were Â­incredibly born 87 days apart. Maria went into labour four months early, giving birth to Amy â but Katie did not arrive until three months later. Their incredible births will now Â­become a Guinness World Record for the âlongest interval between the birth of twinsâ. The previous record is 84 days.
The Jim twins were probably the most famous set of twins involved in the study, but other pairs were equally fascinating. One pair of female twins in the study were separated from each other at 5 months old, and weren't reunited until age 78, making them the world's longest separated pair in Guinness World Records.