Six year old Stella Hare from Mt Isa has launched legal action through her mother against mining giant Xstrata.
Stella was found to have dangerous levels of lead, arsenic, cadmium and other toxic elements absorbed into her body, affecting her brain and nerve function development.
Law firm Slater & Gordon served a notice of claim on Xstrata, it’s subsidiary Mount Isa Mines Ltd, Mt Isa City Council and the Queensland government on Thursday.
The claim alleges that Mount Isa Mines (MIM) has negligently caused the contamination of large areas of the community with lead and other toxic elements since at least 1990.
 It alleges that Mount Isa City Council and Queensland Health have been aware but have taken no effective steps to warn the community, particularly parents.
Stella has lived with her mother in Mt Isa since June 2002 and seeks unspecified damages for the injuries she has incurred from the high levels of lead and other toxic elements in the community.
Her claim is expected to be the first of many as Slater & Gordon have already been approached by other parents with similar cases.
Queensland Health have put together a report into the blood levels of 403 children in the local community aged between one and four years. 
The World Health Organisation recommended lead level is 10 micrograms per decilitre.
The report, due to be released next month, is expected to show that 45 of the children tested had lead levels above the recommended  level.