Detox and binders
Does glutathione help heavy metal detox/chelation?
No human trial of glutathione with a metal outcome was located in this corpus. N-acetylcysteine is a different compound. A study of N-acetylcysteine and blood lead is graded C on the N-acetylcysteine page and is not evidence about glutathione. Not graded is not a finding that glutathione has no effect.
What was searched
The corpus records a PubMed search that located the N-acetylcysteine worker study and did not locate a glutathione trial with a metal outcome. Kasperczyk 2013, the NAC study.
Related pages
Sources
Heavy Metal Index
Heavy Metal Index: metal registry. This Heavy Metal Index URL returned HTTP 200 on 15 October 2026. Figures on this page are not copied from that index. They come from the sources named above.
What's safe to buy
The Heavy Metal Tested and Certified public register listed no licensees on 15 October 2026. That page reported 0 certified brands and 0 certified products, and it stated that no brand has completed the three-lot baseline. A specimen layout on the register is an illustration, not a licensee. This page does not name or rank any brand.
The program states that certification is a measurement of a product against a published limit, not a statement that the product is safe. If a licensee is later listed for this category, it will be on the register.
This page summarizes cited documents. It does not diagnose or prescribe. Reviewed 15 October 2026.