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Mom urges gluten-free Girl Scout cookies

Girl Scouts of Nassau County teams up with shipper DHL to send thousands of the treats to military troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (April 19, 2011)

A Dix Hills Brownie Girl Scout has sold hundreds of boxes of Girl Scout cookies since she joined two years ago -- but has never tasted as much as one Samoa herself.

Elle Malinow, 7, has celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that causes her body to attack her small intestine if she ingests gluten, a protein found in wheat and other grains.

The Girl Scouts don't offer a gluten-free cookie...

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