ABSTRACT
Technologies produce environmental footprints of all sorts from climate change to toxic chemical eÂuents. While sorting through ways to solve crises, we are given two solutions across a long continuum. On one hand, we can prevent the problem from occurring and, on the other hand, we can solve the problem once it has occurred. Ethicists have wrestled with this concept on many levels. —e following discussion examines how the promises associated with advances in nanobiotechnology may denigrate the concept of stewardship for quick ™xes at the cost of grander environmental goals.
