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1.	How do antiseptic soaps work?
2.	We need to test lead on slugs or some other form of invertebrates. How can we do that? What sort of behavior to look for? Lead is a neurotoxin, so we assumed the response to the lead would be some sort of behavioral problem like loss of appetite or less movement, but we are not sure. Thanks for your help!
3.	On land all plants appear green, where as aquatic plants vary in color. Why do land plants have one photosynthetic strategy where aquatic plants use different light harvesting strategies?
4.	How does ethyl alcohol kill bacteria?
5.	I need to know the procedure for determining the amount of lead in a given sample of lipstick. I know it is like a microscopic amount .