This link (Health Effects of Hydrofracking) discusses possible health effects if the United States were to allow hydrofracking. It specifically cites the NYS Health Commissioner who is conducting studies with the purpose of discovering how peoples health will be affected from the various chemicals, many of which can be toxic, released during the process.
This article (How to Decimate a City) relates to our class discussion where it was brought up that the poverty in Syracuse is generational. The children being born into and growing up in poverty will not be given the same opportunities to become educated, to stay healthy or to make enough money to get out of the slums as children who are not born into poverty. This puts them at a disadvantage from birth. It also discusses the issue of race and how even when the number of white people decreased and the number of black people increased, the black residents were still unable to find decent jobs or buy homes because of racism. Little to no money and no permanent place to live also puts people, especially families, at an extreme disadvantage.