Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following assertion [a] and the reason [r]: Assertion [a]: In arsenic poisoning, dimercaprol, injected intramuscularly, acts as antidote by metal complexation. Reason [r]: EDTA acts as an antidote in lead poisoning, by solubilizing the toxic metal ions from the tissues.

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Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following assertion [a] and the reason [r]: Assertion [a]: In arsenic poisoning, dimercaprol, injected intramuscularly, acts as antidote by metal complexation. Reason [r]: EDTA acts as an antidote in lead poisoning, by solubilizing the toxic metal ions from the tissues.