ALBANY, N.Y., May 28 (UPI) -- Medical organizations, hundreds of doctors and other health experts are scheduled to call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state of New York for a three- to five-year fracking moratorium.
The health groups and experts are scheduled to hold a news conference Thursday in Albany, N.Y., to call for the governor and Dr. Howard A. Zucker, acting state health commissioner, to support a moratorium on high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, and to discuss the latest health data concerning this type of natural gas well.