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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Matthew Daly / The Bulletin
August 14, 2008
WASHINGTON — Colton Burkhart was just 4 when he swallowed a quarter-sized medallion that nearly took his life.
He didn’t choke on it. But the metal trinket from a gumball-type machine contained 39 percent lead, and nearly five years later — after surgery to remove....
