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Q. In chelate therapy, lead toxicity is removed by using the ligand

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Chemistry in Everyday Life

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The toxic effect of $\text{Pb}$ in the body is removed by forming its complex (chelate) with EDTA.