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Published: April 1, 2008
Colbert man hospitalized for mercury poisoning, dies
By The Associated Press
DURANT, Okla. -- A Colbert man who suffered mercury poisoning while using mercury to remove gold from electronic equipment has died.

Durant/ Bryan County Emergency Management Director James Dalton says 55-year-old Tony Winnett died at a Tulsa hospital.

Dalton also says the home where Winnett and Melissa Lake used the mercury is so contaminated it's now uninhabitable.

Lake also suffered mercury pois...

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