Whooping Cough On The Rise

Once almost eradicated in the US, whooping cough is back:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/health/once-almost-eradicated-whooping-cough-surges-back-b99433928z1-290458001.html

And yes, like measles this is (at least in part) because of uncontrolled travel and immigration.

On a deeper level, uncontrolled importation of foreign species is spreading other diseases and destroying many ecosystems in the Americas. Here are some examples:

• africanized bees
• giant snails
• fire ants
• pythons
• tiger mosquitos
• tegu lizards
• formosan termites
• feral pigs
• rock snot

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/22/9-invasive-species-in-the-us_n_720081.html

... and a whole host of others:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_invasive_species_in_North_America

Introducing such species faster than the ecosystems can adapt to them is a nightmare scenario which can have immense health and economic impacts.

Another "benefit" of globalization.