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the transfer of infectious diseases
Corn and potatoes going from South America to Europe and fatal infectious diseases going from Europe to South America.
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A negative product of the Columbian Exchange was the transfer of diseases
Lung cancer is not infectious- it is caused by a diet deficiency. This thought has crossed my mind given three deaths in the family within two years. Whilst it's true they were all smokers, the timing suggests to me that this is more than coincidence.
The Columbian Exchange
The negative result was that Europeans gave Native Americans diseases that they were not immune to. As a result, it killed many of them.Many Native Americans died of diseases brought from Europe to which the indigenous people had no natural immunity.Slaves were transportedThere were on the a few Infectious Diseases in the new world prior to the Columbian Exchange. One of them was Chargas disease. there were only one or two diseases the new and the old worlds shared. one or more of the treponematoses (includes syphilis) and possibly tuberculosis. on the other hand there were very many diseases brought from the old world to the new. these are some of mankind's worst illnesses. they include malaria, yellow fever, measles cholera, typhoid, and Bubonic Plague.Through the Columbian exchange, many different kinds of food and products were exchanged between the Europeans and the Americans (okay more like Native Americans actually)Among these, it includes diseases.
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The Columbian exchange