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Good morning, top stories were following this tuesday july 30th. Bart negotiators head back to the table today after yet another unsuccessful day of talks. Whats next for workers and riders as we are now just five days away from a second possible strike. And a Flash Flood Watch remains in effect this morning even as Tropical Storm flossie weakens. Well take a look at how the storm is affecting travelers across the bay area. Watching what is now tropical depression flossie off the coast of hawaii. Mark categorized as a tropical hawaiis big island and maui. The storm is not only affecting reside...

Emissions vehicle, one thats more efficient may reduce these pahs in our air and especially in urban areas reduce exposures to those compounds which is really pornts, so thinking about hybrid or electric, were all lucky enough to take Public Transit and reduce those overall exposures or yeah . I believe so, is that true . Yes, my science advisors, thats why theyre here. [inaudible]. Yeah. There are a lot of carcinogens in diesel exhaust, yeah. [inaudible]. Well, youre still seeing an oil that combusts, some of them we know burn more cleanly than others but if its combusting, you end up with pr...

Its very low doses but thats an excellent question and i thought somebody would probably ask that. So, the United States Preventative Services task force in 2009 came out with a proposal to revise guidelines saying that perhaps women aged 40 to 50, theres no cost benefit really for that age group in terms of having mammogram of average risk, so recommended that women start mammography at age ao where the benefits really out weigh the risk, you dont have 40 years left in your life span at that point perhaps, you have 30, youre at a less vulnerable stage of life so there are a lot more benefits ...

Imaging around kids so you know how to downsize a radiation dose for kids who is smaller, their physical size is narrower, and also to make machines more accountable and more clear in how they work. [inaudible]. Its very low doses but thats an excellent question and i thought somebody would probably ask that. So, the United States Preventative Services task force in 2009 came out with a proposal to revise guidelines saying that perhaps women aged 40 to 50, theres no cost benefit really for that age group in terms of having mammogram of average risk, so recommended that women start mammography ...

Have clear directions on how to make that happen so in our own lives, we can ask our health care provides, are there safer alternative, mri or ultrasounds for doing this test, and then if you have kids and they need a test, ensure and ask questions about the safest dose and if they have machines that can calibrate to kids, and then we have to see these changes with the laws so if fda has proposals out for medical imaging around kids so you know how to downsize a radiation dose for kids who is smaller, their physical size is narrower, and also to make machines more accountable and more clear in...