If there was one thing I learned about in analytical chemistry, it was about EDTA. Do you know where you might find such a thing? Check your salad dressing. EDTA chelates metals, meaning it binds to metals and essentially locks them out so no organisms can use them. This means that if microorganisms try to grow in the salad, they are out of luck. With no metals to use, they cannot function properly, and thus die.
The one thing I'm wondering is whether EDTA is harmful to us.
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