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Members of Citizen Science Belleville collect mosquito eggs to help the FDA fight the Zika virus. From left to right: Alfred Braceros, George Kaminski, Laurie Iverson, Betsy Blum, Chris Santos-Lang and John Stremikis.
On Monday, April 17, in conjunction with the national celebration of Citizen Science Day, Citizen Science Belleville invites the community to help conduct science that can improve the health of future generations. Attendees will meet from 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., at Grace United Methodist Church, 246 W. Pearl Street, and can participate in two projects: contributing local soil for drug discovery and processing scientific information via video games. Please bring a smartphone, if you have one, and a couple of tablespoons of soil from your yard. Refreshments will be provided.
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