Blog-Off II Entry: Globalization: Bad for your health?

Is Globalization bad for your health? It's a question that has been raised in recent years, due in part to the advances of diseases and illnesses such as SARS, H1N1, Avian Flu, Mad Cow disease, Pneumonia, HIV/AIDS, and many others. Furthermore, there's an increase in the discussions on bioterrorism because of how easily some of these illnesses can be spread. The discussions in and of themselves are of global proportions that reach from medical journals such as The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) to the World Health Organization (WHO) and beyond.

Discussions and research has indicated that it is not only the diseases and illnesses that negatively affect but also that some of the poorer countries in the world are not getting the same medicines that more developed countries are.

Consumable products such as food have also had a negative affect on the global markets. Tainted foods, commonly fruits and vegtables, have often been exported to countries for sale. Many have gotten sick, and some have died from ingesting the food. That's not to say that it was intentional. The cause is mostly an oversight of some sort. But this leads to the very possibilities that they can also be carriers of bioterrorism. The positive side to this is that there are countries around the world that have put measures into place to counteract this. With the click of a button or the ring of a telephone the true nature of Globalization comes into play.