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Indianapolis Star
6 hours ago
- Health
- Indianapolis Star
Lead can present a danger to Hoosiers. Here's how to reduce your exposure
Lead poisoning can affect any Hoosier, but children are most at risk of exposure because there is no safe amount of lead that can enter a child's body. Experts say there are ways to reduce exposure. Michelle Del Rio, professor at Indiana University, is working to prevent low-level chronic lead exposure in children and her work has led her to understand how people can avoid lead. 'Indianapolis has historically been impacted by smelting operations and industry and some vulnerable populations can still be at very high risk of exposure,' Del Rio said. Del Rio is researching how to better categorize non-traditional sources of lead in Indianapolis, especially in high-risk neighborhoods, and says the most effective way to reduce exposure is knowing where the sources are and covering or removing it from the environment. When someone ingests or inhales lead particles, the body confuses them with other minerals, Del Rio said. This can mean lead will follow calcium being sent to bones or zinc to red blood cells and invade important biologic functions in the body. 'In very young children, when lead binds to zinc and goes into red blood cells, it circulates throughout the body and literally passes through the barrier meant to protect the brain from toxicants,' Del Rio said. 'Lead in the brain can be confused with calcium, which can then interfere with normal development of the brain.' Gabe Filippelli, also at IU, has worked on lead issues and exposures for more than two decades and said poisoning in children can inhibit impulse control and show up as behavioral symptoms as a lack of focus and poor language. Getting ahead of those issues by working to reduce exposure is why Filipelli and Del Rio do their work. The good news is that the U.S. has worked to remove lead from a variety of sources including paint and gasoline, Filippelli said. There also are stronger controls on lead emissions from factories and this all leads to national blood-lead levels plummeting. While this is a public health success, there are still pockets of underserved neighborhoods in cities like Indy where Del Rio and Filippelli's work is needed. The main source of lead exposure today, Del Rio said, is through contaminated dust and soil. Household dust is contaminated by unmaintained lead-based paints, typically in homes build before 1978. Soil can be contaminated from exterior paints as well as emissions from different industries — like the American Lead facility in the historic Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood. Contaminated dust and soil sticks to clothing and can settle on a home's floors and furniture. Karla Johnson, administrator of an environmental health department at Marion County Public Health, said children are usually at higher risk because they are crawling on the floor and putting things in their mouths. 'So, a lot of people think about lead in the water, but that's not really the issue,' Johnson said. 'The home is really where the child is going to be exposed more often.' One of the first things Del Rio recommends for people who might be exposed to lead is to clean their home regularly. She said using wet wipes on hard surfaces and mopping hard floors once a week is a good start. Using a HEPA filter to vacuum rugs and carpets can help pick up any contaminated soils tracked in from outside. That cleanliness mentality can also be used to monitor for lead paint. This source of lead is really only a problem when it starts shipping or cracking. Del Rio said this is usually a small area and can be fixed by covering it with lead-encapsulating paint found in most hardware stores. 'If there are big visible chunks of paint, I recommend picking those up with a wet disposable towel first and let the area dry before using that lead-encapsulating paint,' Del Rio said. Lead paint becomes a larger issue during renovations and large projects in the home. If a homeowner is contracting that work out, Johnson with the health department said they need to follow training and licensing requirements. These include practices like using plastic to cover a room or having wet or damp towels outside the area so workers can wipe their feet, she said. If homeowners find lead in the yard, Johnson said it's best to make the soil inaccessible to children so they're not tracking it in. This can mean covering it in a think layer of mulch or gravel. Indiana law currently says that any children ages 1 and 2 need to have a blood-lead level test. Those results are sent to Johnson and her department at Marion Health who will work with families that have lead exposure above certain levels. 'We work with the family to make sure the child is receiving services and provide developmental and nutritional screens to find any vulnerabilities,' Johnson said. While the program typically deals with very young children, Johnson said her department will not turn anyone away. The health department, in partnership with Del Rio at IU and other groups are kicking off the Lead-Free Indy Road Show this year. Residents can bring in household items to be scanned for lead. The group will offer small take home test kits for residents to collect water, soil or dust and also offer blood screening for any children under the age of 12, Del Rio said. The Marion County Public Health Department's Facebook page and other social media accounts will post updates on upcoming locations for the event. IndyStar's environmental reporting project is made possible through the generous support of the nonprofit Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.
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GMA Network
a day ago
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
Cha Eun Woo shares photos of buzz cut ahead of military enlistment
Cha Eun Woo shared his shaved look in his last Instagram post before enlisting for the South Korean military on Monday. The South Korean actor and Astro member posted selfies featuring his new buzz cut, and of course, he still looks handsome! He also shared a photo with Astro members MJ, JinJin, and Yoon San Ha, and Billlie's Moon Sua, the younger sister of late Astro member Moonbin. He also posted a pot of ramyeon, or instant noodles, his last meal before enlistment. Cha Eun Woo enlisted on Monday. He was in the Philippines in March 2024 for his 'Just One 10 Minute Mystery Elevator' fan concert. Last February, he released his debut solo EP 'Entity." He also appeared in the music video of IU's latest comeback song 'A Beautiful Person.' —Nika Roque/JCB, GMA Integrated News
Indianapolis Star
2 days ago
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Indiana basketball adds 'talented big man' to fill out Darian DeVries' first team
Darian DeVries added another player to his first Indiana basketball roster Monday. The Hoosiers announced Andrej Acimovic, a 6-foot-11 center from Bijeljina, Bosnia, would receive the 13th scholarship for the 2025-26 season. Acimovic played four games in the Under-19 ABA League with Igokea, the top league in his region, and averaged 17.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game while making 65.9% from the field (1 for 5 on 3s) and 65.2% on 23 free throw attempts. 'Andrej is a talented big man that we are excited to get in our program and develop,' DeVries said. 'He has good size and is able to score the basketball in different ways. He is strong on the glass and has good defensive instincts and timing when blocking shots.' The Hoosiers held two scholarship spots in case NCAA eligibility waivers were approved for Anthony Leal or Luke Goode. But it became clear that Leal's waiver was denied when IU added Aleksa Ristic in June. Goode announced earlier this month that his waiver was denied, and he went into detail about the process of the waiver after playing in The Basketball Tournament. Acimovic showcased the ability to shoot from the perimeter while playing in the second senior division level in Bosnia. There he was highly efficient, converting 65.3% of chances and was 39% on 3-pointers while averaging 17.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. He joins IU as a freshman with four years of eligibility. 'Indiana is going to be in good hands.' Luke Goode prepared to play for IU basketball, Darian DeVries, take his word U19 ABA League: 17.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 2.3 bpg in four games 2024 U18 FIBA EuroBasket Division B: 8.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.8 apg in four games 2022 U16 FIBA EuroBasket Division B: 17 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1 apg in seven games Acimovic is adept at getting post position with two feet in the paint or on either block. Highlights showed that he favors scoring over his left shoulder, sometimes using a right-handed hook shot. He also uses spin moves to create space. Acimovic can get the defense out of position in a number of ways, either on post-up touches or as a roll man off the pick-and-roll. He's comfortable finding the open man for easy assists, and he stayed balanced enough to score. The part of his game that doesn't show up in high quantities is his passing ability, and really his IQ. Acimovic doesn't panic when under pressure of a double team or a swarming defense. He can find a cutter, a relocating shooter or simply the open man. Defensively, he showed an ability to use his reach to swat shots. He had a knack for staying vertical until the ball was shown. And he even could rotate over and square up to make shots difficult for cutters.
Indianapolis Star
2 days ago
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Indiana football's offense was 2nd nationally in scoring. Who needs to step up to keep pace?
Part of what made Indiana football's most historic season last year was an offense among the best in the country. Critique of opponents aside, the Hoosiers did what they needed to: dominated. They finished last season second in scoring offense at 41.3 points per game. IU was 34th in total offense in gaining 426.4 yards per game. They breakdown was they were tied for 31st in passing offense with Baylor at 261.3 yards per game, and their run game was just 63rd at 165.1 yards per contest. Kurtis Rourke was masterful in leading the offense, even doing so on a torn ACL. He led an offense that was seventh in completion efficiency (68.1%). In the first edition of our roundtable, we discussed what Cal transfer quarterback Fernando Mendoza brings to the Hoosiers, and how they may use him differently. Mendoza was third in the ACC in yards passing per game at 273.09, which was 10th nationally. Ahead of him were Syracuse quarterback Kyle McCord who led the nation (367.62) and No. 1 NFL draft pick Cam Ward (331.77) whose Miami Hurricanes were the only team to score more than IU. Now, that doesn't guarantee success, but it is a large reason for why draft analysts and others are high on his addition for IU. But that is only part of the equation. Who may be the X-factor for success? How do new players fit in? Who fills the void for injured Michigan transfer Tyler Morris? IndyStar IU insider Zach Osterman and Herald-Times reporter Michael Niziolek huddled with IndyStar assistant sports editor Aaron Ferguson to discuss Mendoza's impact on IU football. Here is their conversation. Ferguson: Simply put, who needs to emerge among offensive skill positions for this team to play at a consistent level? Niziolek: With Curt Cignetti's focus on production over potential in the transfer portal, IU doesn't have many question marks at the skill positions going into 2025. Maryland transfer running back Roman Hemby is a good example. While he didn't have his best season in 2024, he has 3,268 yards from scrimmage in his career (2,347 rushing) and is probably the best pass-catching back the Hoosiers have had in a long time. He's not the only capable back in the room either with Lee Beebe Jr. and Kaelon Black expected to have prominent roles as well. Things get a little bit dicey at receiver where IU doesn't have the same kind of depth it did at the start of fall camp last year when Donaven McCulley and E.J. Williams Jr. struggled to make the rotation. The Hoosiers didn't miss a beat when they walked away from the team a month into the season. Indiana opens camp in a couple of weeks with five available veteran receivers — Williams happens to be one of them after taking his name out of the portal — and a group of four underclassmen with a combined 23 snaps of experience. It might not matter if IU stays healthy, but it was surprising Cignetti didn't seek out at least one additional receiver in the portal just as some insurance. Osterman: Yeah, I think this conversation has to begin with health. Indiana got uncommonly lucky with injuries last season. None of their top pass catchers missed meaningful time, nor did either of their top two running backs. That's not extraordinary luck — we know Cignetti believes in Derek Owings' ability to manage his roster's health — but it isn't something you can count on every year. Already, Indiana has had to make new plans at slot receiver, where Morris was expected to see significant snaps before a season-ending knee injury suffered in spring ball. The slot is probably the position I'm most curious about. Indiana added Makai Jackson (App State) in the winter and then plugged the Morris hole with Jonathan Brady (Cal) after the spring season. But that was a quietly important position for IU last season. The three players rotating through the slot combined for 104 receptions, 1,238 yards and 12 touchdowns. That is a big chunk of offense to replace, and already Indiana has had to shift gears once this offseason. Brady and Jackson have career resumes that suggest they're capable, but it's an important hole to fill. Niziolek: What I find interesting about Jackson, is that he developed into more of an outside receiver at App State. He lined up on the outside more than 90% of the time last year and the numbers were similar in 2023. I think IU is going to approach the slot receiver position differently this year with everyone rotating through there. Cignetti mentioned that all the receivers except Charlie Becker cross-trained at the position during spring camp. Jackson will also be looking to make up for lost time after being limited for much of spring camp with a hamstring injury that also kept him out of the spring game. Osterman: That's an interesting possibility. And entirely plausible. Honestly, when you consider the backs are also slightly different profile this year (probably fair to say Hemby and Beebe lean a little more toward pass catching than Ty Son Lawton and Justice Ellison did last season), and as we discussed in Part I, Mendoza has more potential mobility, I could see an offense that doesn't operate with total uniformity in 2025 to the way it did in 2024. I don't think there will be wholesale changes but I think it could look discernably different. Ferguson: One named not mentioned yet is Wisconsin transfer Riley Nowakowski, a tight end who was used as a blocker but also caught 11 passes for 74 yards last year in a failed Air Raid experiment. How does he fit into the Cignetti/Mike Shanahan offense, given he has those spread concepts and can be utilized in either phase of the game? Osterman: I'm not sure I'm ready to pin my flag to anything yet at tight end. Zach Horton was the alpha and omega there last season, and he's gone. James Bomba is the holdover from last year who, when healthy, was often utilized as a second end/blocker. IU also added Holden Staes, who on paper looks like the most pass game-oriented of those three. I'm also curious about Nowakowski's time playing fullback, something I don't think he'll do a lot at Indiana but something I'm not sure Indiana would've trusted anyone to do last year, so again, maybe that's another potential new wrinkle. Among those three (plus maybe a freshman if one impresses), I think Indiana has the tools it needs at tight end. I'm just not sure what the division of labor and order of responsibility is in that group. Niziolek: Staes has the greater potential as a receiving threat, but I think Nowakowski has an edge as the more proven inline blocker. Horton's toughness is what earned him such a prominent role in Cignetti's offense going back to when they were at James Madison together. Nowakowski earned a similar reputation at Wisconsin having earned a scholarship and starting role as a former walk-on and he's plenty capable of putting up numbers like Horton did last year (21 catches for 189 yards and four touchdowns). Ferguson: Is there a world where a tight end splits out more to help fill the void at slot, not that it's totally going away but replace whatever expected production came with Morris? Niziolek: Brady is a more direct replacement for Morris, but I think some of the production IU got from its slot receivers last year will go to the running backs. The Hoosiers brought in two of the top pass-catching backs (Hemby and Beebe Jr.) available in the portal. They are capable of moving all over the line of scrimmage and I think you will more screens out to them that might have gone to a guy like Myles Price last year. Indiana's running backs combined for 30 receptions last year, and I don't think it would be all that surprising if Hemby and Beebe double that number. Osterman: Hemby is a real X factor for me for Indiana this year. It might be nearness bias purely because I've seen him shred IU defenses a handful of times in the past. But he always felt like a player with more talent than his offense was equipped to showcase at Maryland, either because of a preference for throwing the ball or because of blocking issues. If Indiana sees similar performance from its offensive line this year, I think as Mike alludes to there, Hemby opens up a lot of fascinating options for Cignetti and Shanahan. Ferguson: If screens and pass-catchers in the backfield are going to diversify the offense, may we see variation in trick plays because they will be so versatile? Osterman: I don't think that's really something Cignetti leans into too much. He'll run them from time to time like any coach, probably to put them on film for future opponents as much as anything else. But I think his offenses tend to stay pretty true to what they're built to do around their personnel, rather than try to overthink stuff too much if that makes sense. Niziolek: Indiana didn't need to resort to trick plays very often last season since the offense operated at such a high level as the second-highest scoring team in the country. Some more versatility in the backfield might lead to a few more getting sprinkled in, but I don't think Cignetti will be desperate to insert them as long as the offense keeps the ball moving.
Hype Malaysia
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hype Malaysia
(Video) Colgate Malaysia Teases Collaboration With K-pop Icon IU; Is She Coming To KL?
These brands do love to tease fans when it comes to collaborations with Korean stars – not that we're complaining, of course. Recently, several companies have been teasing their partnerships with idol groups and actors ahead of official announcements to build excitement. These promotions are clearly doing the trick, as fans are almost always able to guess the mystery collaborators based on nothing more than a silhouette. And now, it seems one singer could be making her way to Malaysia very soon. Who is she? Let's find out. Over the weekend, oral hygiene brand Colgate Malaysia posted a video on social media teasing a future collaboration with a K-pop icon. The clip featured a female singer dressed in purple, posing for the cameras with her face obscured, revealing only her smile. 'The queen of K-pop is about to spill her secret beauty hack for a radiant smile 😁✨ Any guesses? Coming your way soon. Stay tuned!' the brand wrote in the captions. If the smile wasn't already a clear giveaway, the hint 'Queen of K-pop' certainly is, as there's only one person known by that title. As expected, fans flocked to the comments section to share their guesses, but the majority had one name in mind: none other than IU (아이유). Not only is she celebrated as a gifted singer-songwriter, but she's also an accomplished actress, having recently won Best Actress at the Blue Dragon Series Awards and Baeksang Arts Awards for her role in 'When Life Gives You Tangerines'. While Colgate Malaysia's teaser is certainly exciting, there has been no confirmation or indication, at the time of writing, that IU will be making a special appearance in Malaysia. Still, that hasn't stopped fans from urging the brand to invite the icon back to Malaysia for an event. The last time IU was here, she performed at Axiata Arena, Bukit Jalil back in 2024 and even handed out snacks to fans upon her arrival at KLIA. We personally would love to see IU again, but for now, we'll have to wait for the official announcements for more details about this collaboration. Watch the teaser below: Source: Instagram
