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

By Danielle Lin Hunter, Postdoctoral Scholar in Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University
Caren Cooper, Associate Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University
Valerie Ann Johnson, Dean of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities and Professor of Sociology, Shaw University

For a project on identifying lead water pipes in homes, outreach through partner groups produced a more representative set of volunteers.

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