I had problems with my ears for the longest time. When I had my ears pierced at a young age I could not wear earings. My ears would break out with rash and bleeding. People told me it must be allergy to nickel. As I got older I started looking into health protocols for different problems. I came across a book on macrobiotics that said alginate chelates heavy metals. I had ordered from a store that ran an add for a product called Modiflan which had alginate. I Ordered it and took 6 capsules a day for four months and at the end of the four months I accidently left my clip on earrings on for the whole day and no problems. I usually would break out with blister and bloody scabs from only wearing them 2 hrs. I haven't had any problems with my ears now for a couple of years even though I wear earrings all day. I was amazed. Then I read you can have other heavy metals that you release in layers. I ordered a few of those heavy metal tests that tests urine for heavy metals and found I was heavy in cadmium. My husband was heavy in Nickel. He had never used modiflan before. So we both took Modiflan. I took it only for 2 months this time and took another urine heavy metal test and it was normal. No sign of heavy metals. This is the only product I can say with assurance worked for me to get rid of these heavy metals. I plan on using it again for 2 months because I had Amalgam filling for quite a few years and I want to make sure I chelate the mercury out also. Maybe thats the next layer. I've heard its almost impossible to detect mercury in a urine test unless you are almost deadly toxic. So I really won't know if I got it all as I do not like to go to doctors and do blood tests. Thats way too invasive for me. But it got rid of the cadmium and nickel. I have every confidence it will do the same for the mercury.