In the mid-20th century, nuclear fallout from bomb testing in Nevada spread across several western states, including Idaho.
Tona Henderson grew up in Emmett, Idaho, located in Idaho’s Gem County. It was one of five counties in the country estimated to have had the highest levels of iodine 131 contamination. The others were Custer, Blaine, and Lemhi counties in Idaho, and Montana’s Meagher County.
“ My mom had breast cancer. My older brother had three bouts of cancer within an eight month period,” she said…