Lead case served on Xstrata
Friday, April 25th, 2008Andrew Fraser; 25/4/08
Legal action has been launched on behalf of a six-year-old girl in Mount Isa who has allegedly suffered injuries to her brain and nervous system because of high levels of lead in the air in the northwest Queensland mining town. The legal action, which was foreshadowed in The Australian earlier this month, has been served on Anglo-Swiss mining giant Xstrata, its subsidiary Mount Isa Mines, the Mount Isa City Council and the Queensland Government. The claim by Stella Hare, through her mother, Daphne, acting as legal guardian, seeks unspecified damages for her injury. It alleges that Mount Isa Mines, which was taken over by Xstrata in 2003, caused the contamination for at least the past 20 years.
