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A lead pipe in the kitchen ceiling of a home in Newark, N.J. AP Photo/Julio Cortez

Citizen science projects tend to attract white, affluent, well‑educated volunteers − here’s how we recruited a more diverse group to identify lead pipes in homes

Danielle Lin Hunter, North Carolina State University; Caren Cooper, North Carolina State University, and Valerie Ann Johnson, Shaw University

For a project on identifying lead water pipes in homes, outreach through partner groups produced a more representative set of volunteers.
Many citizen science projects rely on volunteers to collect data in the field. Marko Geber/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Citizen science volunteers are almost entirely white

Bradley Allf, North Carolina State University and Caren Cooper, North Carolina State University

The homogeneity of citizen science volunteers undercuts the ability of these projects to bring science to underserved communities.

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