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Developing technologies means mitigating negative externalities. You don't just design a pressure cooker and ignore the possibility it might explode because you "can't force people to not leave it unattended", you spend the extra time and money to design and install a safety valve.
Tools help problems, but not all risks should be on the manufacturer. If they hurt the environment, sure it is their fault, but people end up weighing is it better for the environment overall. The trash wheels in rivers were.
No one is reasonable to say a kitchen knife manufacturer should be liable for people cutting their fingers off while cooking. Could someone design safer knives, of course.