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It was a nice contrast to read about Jeremijenko's concern over the antidepressants that the fish in the Hudson River are exposed to (and not just antidepressants: statins, hormones, anti-psychotics . . . the list goes on) after reading the implication in today's "The Fix" that anyone who wants to treat their depression with something besides pharmaceutical drugs must be a wacko Scientologist. Of course, we are also imbibing these powerful chemicals in our drinking water, since most water purification systems are not designed to take them out and I believe something like 90% of these drugs are excreted from our bodies.
Many people, of course, benefit greatly from taking antidepressants, but for an alternative picture of the hell that many people go through taking them and then trying to get off them, check out http://www.aaronwall.com/archives/000028.html. The FDA and the drug companies themselves sure aren't going to tell you.
I'm glad that there are activist artists like Jeremijenko drawing attention to such issues. And I'm relieved that the rift between science and art is starting to close with visionaries like her. She makes an excellent point that it's a fantasy to think that we can possibly be scientifically "objective," the way we like to think we can be. And her reaction to the dread epithet "anthorpomorphism" was refreshing.
