Home › Cosmetic Science Talk › Formulating › Preservative Formulating Preservative Posted by misfer98 on August 12, 2019 at 4:26 pm Can we use Disodium EDTA as a Preservative in Hand wash liquid soap EVchem replied 5 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply 1 Reply EVchem Member August 12, 2019 at 5:41 pm no EDTA is a chelator that will bind to metal ions, not the same as preventing microbial growth Log In to Reply Log in to reply. Public All Members Only Me PublicAll MembersOnly Me Public All Members Only Me Log In to Reply Start of Discussion 0 of 0 replies June 2018 Now