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First Cut: 'Hundreds could be poisoned', lawyer warns

Source: ABC News
Published: Friday, April 11, 2008 8:00 AEST
Expires: Friday, May 9, 2008 8:00 AEST

Lawyer Damian Scattini has taken on the case of a girl whose health has allegedly been affected by lead emissions from Xstrata's Mount Isa mine. He says hundreds of residents could have been poisoned.

Tags: environment, mining, health, law-crime-and-justice, australia, qld, mount-isa-4825

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