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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mad as Fish" data-source="post: 143861" data-attributes="member: 396">Gluten intolerance is something of an epidemic nowadays but I do wonder if gluten is not just a handy scapegoat at times, if kids ate less processed foods altogether then we might see less of it about. A lass I used to know was delighted to find that she was allergic to gluten, or so the 'tests' said, and she could make a great fuss about having to buy gluten free foods, didn't stop her stuffing pizza and chips down her throat though.The question of the tie up between wheat breeding and the chemical companies is a convoluted one. GM crops are not allowed to be grown in ireland although GM grain for animal feed is allowed to be imported, as I understand the current situation.In Monsanto's ideal world crops would be grown that are resistent to herbicides such as glysophate, and I think they did achieve this, but am rusty on the subject. These GM crops could then be sprayed with said chemical killing off all the weeds competing with the crop in the field, thus increasing yields and giving a clean grain sample off the combine. But of course nature has fought back and glysophate resistence is now occuring naturally in weeds.</blockquote>

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