https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816143/
The message from this article was how there are more oil well fracking waste water disposals in rural towns with higher percentages of non-white residents. It was also found that the people living in these towns had higher poverty rates than towns further from these waste water disposals. These findings could be due to the fact that since no one wants to live in poverty the town is smaller than an average one so there will be a seemingly smaller backlash from the actions of the oil companies. As a result form the oil companies actions, the town is viewed as more and more of a bad place simultaneously lowering the price of land and desire for others with a higher economic standing from moving into the town essentially putting the people already living in the town in more poverty than before. This along with the environmental impact of fracking is why there are so many mixed emotions about the topic of fracking.
The message from this article was how there are more oil well fracking waste water disposals in rural towns with higher percentages of non-white residents. It was also found that the people living in these towns had higher poverty rates than towns further from these waste water disposals. These findings could be due to the fact that since no one wants to live in poverty the town is smaller than an average one so there will be a seemingly smaller backlash from the actions of the oil companies. As a result form the oil companies actions, the town is viewed as more and more of a bad place simultaneously lowering the price of land and desire for others with a higher economic standing from moving into the town essentially putting the people already living in the town in more poverty than before. This along with the environmental impact of fracking is why there are so many mixed emotions about the topic of fracking.