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by annadiru 1310 days ago
The technical word for this is chelation / chelating. I've seen it used with respect to iron, lead, mercury and cadmium. When a substance can render one inert it generally does with the others as well.

There are a number of pltants, roots, and fungi that do this. I was looking into this yesterday with respect to curcuma, as the region i am currently visiting is known to be contaminated with lead and everyone likes to eat fish from the nearby river. I came across this article which shows solid evidence that curcuma can also remove lead accumulation from the bodies of mammals. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31489882/