The government is paying Idahoans who got sick after nuclear bomb tests. Here’s how some get proof.

By: Kyle Pfannenstiel

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: May 29, 2026

Words: 1,913

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Cheryl Poxleitner, 71, grew up on farms in North Central Idaho’s Lewis County.

When she was 8, her family moved to Craigmont — a small town near Grangeville, where her dad raised dairy cows.

“That’s probably where I was exposed to radiation,” she recalled in a recent interview. “Becuase many people are saying that the cows eat the grass, which has been contaminated. And … when they produce the milk, the milk is contaminated.”

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