Editor,

My family lives in Norwich and Oxford, two of the communities in Chenango county rumored to be used as testing grounds for hydrofracking if Governor Cuomo allows the oil and gas industry into our Empire State.

My mom has COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. With only half the lung capacity, she will suffer even more from the air pollution from the natural gas extraction method.

I also have a niece starting college in Broome County this year. She would be driving on the same roads as the convoys of fracking trucks hauling millions of gallon of fresh or brine water and chemicals.