Rachel's Democracy & Health News #872 -"Environment, health, jobs and justice--Who gets to decide?" -- Mr. Bush's Second Crusade The President is relentlessly dismantling the scientific capabilities of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- a plan with "long-term consequences," says the agency's chief financial officer. Can Chemicals in Our Homes Cause Deformities? Growing numbers of boys are being born with malformed genitals. Are chemicals in our homes to blame? Green Building Movement Under Attack by Industry Groups The same forces that corrupted the urban renewal process in the 1970s -- big-money developers -- are now trying to corrupt the "green building" movement. They are pouring millions of dollars in cash and staff time into controlling -- and changing -- the very definition of "green building." In Baltimore -- and Some Other Places -- Life Is Short A Harvard study has found "longevity gaps" as big as 30 years. Asian women in Bergen County, N.J., a suburb of New York City, have a life expectancy of 91 years, while Native Americans on or near reservations in South Dakota live an average of 58 years. Study: Humans Responsible for Rougher Hurricanes "The human induced build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere appears to be the primary force behind increased hurricane activity," said oceanographer Robert Correll of the American Meteorological Society. Harvard Professor E.O. Wilson Reaches Out to Faith-based Groups The Harvard professor sees science and religion as allies for averting the mass extinction of species now under way. ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................