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Starre Julia Vartan

Science & Environment Writer, Photographer, & Author

Tag: victorian

For Mental Floss: Fascinatingly Filthy Victorian London

Posted on December 29, 2015January 10, 2016 by Starre Vartan in Uncategorized

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The last piece I published in 2015 was also one of my favorites. I covered how a public health crisis in London, incorrectly attributed to miasma, ended up saving lives (even though the science was wrong!).

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