Health Costs and Benefits of Globalization

Globalization brought many changes to people&s;s lifestyles. Daily life was "framed and balanced by the symmetry of Islamic prayers," agricultural cycles, and domestic tasks. The well-being of factory workers in Malaysia is affected by environmental and economic pressures linked to transnational systems of trade and production. Population mobility and migration are major parts of globalization, a process in which human activity within economic, political, cultural, and demographic processes becomes increasingly integrated across national and regional boundaries. Migrant workers also face health risks due to poor living and work conditions. Often, the lack of safety regulations and medical care places workers in harm&s;s way. The urban poor are likely to pay more than their share of the health costs of industrial development, though hardly anyone in the world today can escape taking into his or her body air or water containing the toxic by-products of industry.

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