Cuomo's health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker says as he
examined numerous completed and still on going studies on fracking's effects on drinking
water, air
quality and other health issues, several «red flags» were raised, and he says he has «identified significant health risks in the current
data» that have not been answered by conclusive long term studies with «large population pools».
The study, which compares pre - and post-mining topographic
data in southern West Virginia, is the first to
examine the regional impact of mountaintop mines on landscape topography and how the changes might influence
water quality.