page_title: Technological fix
section_title: Animals
hierarchical_section_title: Technological fix / Externalities / DDT / Animals
caption_attribution_description: English: Dorothea Lange, Resettlement Administration photographer, sitting atop a Ford Model 40 in California. In her lap is a Graflex 4×5 Series D camera.
context_page_description: A technological fix, technical fix, technological shortcut or solutionism refers to the attempt of using engineering or technology to solve a problem.
  Some references define technological fix as an "attempt to repair the harm of a technology by modification of the system", that might involve modification of the machine and/or modification of the procedures for operating and maintaining it.
  Technological fixes are inevitable in modern technology. It has been observed that many technologies, although invented and developed to solve certain perceived problems, often create other problems in the process, known as externalities. In other words, there would be modification of the basic hardware, modification of techniques and procedures, or both.
  The technological fix is the idea that all problems can find solutions in better and new technologies. It now is used as a dismissive phrase to describe cheap, quick fixes by using inappropriate technologies; these fixes often create more problems than they solve, or give people a sense that they have solved the problem.
context_section_description: DDT is toxic to birds when eaten.
  Decreases the reproductive rate of birds by causing eggshell thinning and embryo deaths.
  Highly toxic to aquatic animals. DDT affects various systems in aquatic animals including the heart and brain.
  DDT moderately toxic to amphibians like frogs, toads, and salamanders. Immature amphibians are more sensitive to the effects of DDT than adults.
caption: Automobile
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