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HuckleB

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27. Hogwash. This "review" and the propaganda sites pushing it are the smear tacticians.

Reply to Tumbulu (Reply #26)

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 07:32 PM

Mar 2014

The "review" piece is a BS smear tactic. The data that is there, and there isn't much, doesn't support the hyperbolic claims.

Yet you continue to defend it. There's no excuse for that.

More on the blatant nonsense that is the "review" in the OP:

Does Roundup cause celiac disease or gluten intolerance?
http://www.examiner.com/article/does-roundup-cause-celiac-disease-or-gluten-intolerance

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Is Roundup the Cause of 'Gluten Intolerance'? [View all] Coyotl Feb 2014 OP

I woudn't be surprised. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #1

No gluten in almost 5 years... alittlelark Feb 2014 #2

Good for you, alittlelark~ Cha Feb 2014 #3

I find it absolutely horrifying that we routinely spray RoundUp on crops just before harvest. appal_jack Feb 2014 #4

Agreed. This is the first I've heard of this use of Roundup. enough Feb 2014 #9

Yes, that is just appaulling. A good example of why we need science education! Coyotl Feb 2014 #11

Yeah, but organic produce isn't any better for you. pnwmom Feb 2014 #5

Extremely important reading Hannahcares Feb 2014 #6

Interesting. We have been gluten-free at our house for a year AllyCat Feb 2014 #7

I do not know if Roundup is the cause Enthusiast Feb 2014 #8

I wonder if pesticides Sweet Freedom Feb 2014 #10

wow oldandhappy Feb 2014 #12

my sister is Gluten Intolerance but 53tammy Feb 2014 #13

Interesting. Plant a garden if you want to know what you are eating. Coyotl Feb 2014 #14

Roundup was invented in 1974. trotsky Feb 2014 #15

oh good grief trotsky! Tumbulu Mar 2014 #16

Good grief, indeed. trotsky Mar 2014 #17

No, you need to get your facts straight Tumbulu Mar 2014 #18

The authors of this "review" were shown to be full of it already. HuckleB Mar 2014 #19

Oh it is always like clockwork and so very typical Tumbulu Mar 2014 #22

Awwwww. I'm sorry that your preconceived notions still have no basis in reality. HuckleB Mar 2014 #23

why are you so quick to discredit? Tumbulu Mar 2014 #24

You realize that neither of the reviewers are qualified in this area of science? HuckleB Mar 2014 #25

Yes, I looked, but it is the same old smear tactic that Tumbulu Mar 2014 #26

Hogwash. This "review" and the propaganda sites pushing it are the smear tacticians. HuckleB Mar 2014 #27

This is more bad propaganda. HuckleB Mar 2014 #20

I was exposed to Malathion and within a week was totally food intolerent for yrs womanofthehills Mar 2014 #21