COSTS OF HUMAN-INDUCED EVOLUTION IN SOME INSECT PESTS AND DISEASES
Disease/Pest	Cost per year
Additional pesticide application	$1,200,000,000
Loss of crops	$2 - 7,000,000,000
S. aureus Penicillin-resistant	$2 - 7,000,000,000
S. aureus Methicillin-resistant	$8,000,000,000
Community-acquired resistant	$14 - 21,000,000,000
HIV drug resistance	$6,300,000,000
Total for these factors	$33 - 50,000,000,000
Stephen R. Palumbi. 2001. Humans as the world's greatest evolutionary force. Science 293: 1786-1790.         2010: over $ 100 billion link