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Xstrata's denial of Mt Isa lead problem is 'untenable', researchers say

Xstrata's "purported lack of knowledge" that its mining and smelting activities are causing high blood lead levels in children in Queensland's Mount Isa is no longer tenable, according to a new research study published today in the Medical Journal of Australia.

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