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 The Circumstraint™
is manufactured by Olympic Medical in
Washington state. The following correspondence has taken place regarding this
device:
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June 1, 2000
Christine O. Gregoire
Washington State Attorney General
1125 Washington St. SE
PO Box 40100
Olympia, WA. 98504-0100
Dear Attorney General:
As you may know, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued last
year a new position on circumcision stating that routine infant circumcision
cannot be justified on medical grounds and the academy does not recommend this
practice.
(see: http://www.aap.org/advocacy/archives/marcircum.htm
)
In light of this new position by the AAP, and the fact that not
one national medical society in the world endorses routine infant circumcision,
I would like to inform you that the Olympic Medical Corporation, 5900 1st
Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108-3249 is manufacturing a device that is being used only
to harm infant boys. This device is called a Circumstraint and has no place in a
society that purports to protect children.
You are protecting children from tobacco, please protect their
bodies from non-medical, disfiguring amputations as well. The Circumstraint
torture device must be discontinued because it has no valid medical reason.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
Sincerely,
Gary Burlingame
cc: Governor Gary Locke
Senator Gorton
Senator Murray
Rep. Metcalf
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August 21, 2000
Christine O. Gregoire
Washington State Attorney General
1125 Washington St. SE
PO Box 40100
Olympia, WA. 98504-0100
Dear Attorney General:
On June 1, 2000, I wrote to inform you of a product being
manufactured in Washington state that is being used only to harm infant boys. I
appreciate your efforts to investigate this, and would like to be kept informed
as to the status and conclusion of this investigation. Would you please update
me as to the current status?
Sincerely,
Gary Burlingame
cc: Governor Gary Locke
Senator Gorton
Senator Murray
Rep. Metcalf
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Christine O. Gregoire
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON
900 Fourth Avenue #2000 • Seattle WA 98164-1012
September 19, 2000
GARY G BURLINGAME
Re: OLYMPIC MEDICAL
File #SEA-128950
Dear Gary G Burlingame:
Our office has received your correspondence. The agency shown
below appears to be the appropriate agency of government to review this, so we
are forwarding it to them. Any further correspondence should be directed to that
agency at the address shown below.
We are sorry that we cannot be of direct assistance to you,
but thank you for contacting this office.
Dennis Poor
Office Asst
Consumer Protection Division
(206) 464-6816
cc:
US Food & Drug Administration
22201 23rd DR SE
BOTHELL, WA 98021
In Washington Call Toll Free
1-800-551-4636
For Hearing Impaired - TDD - I - 800 - 276 - 9883
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March 17, 2001
Christine O. Gregoire
Washington State Attorney General
1125 Washington St. SE
PO Box 40100
Olympia, WA. 98504-0100
Dear Attorney General:
On June 1, 2000, I wrote to inform you of a product being
manufactured in Washington state that is being used only to harm infant boys.
Because I did not receive a response, I wrote a follow-up letter on August 21,
2000. I appreciate your efforts to investigate this, and would like to be kept
informed as to the status and conclusion of this investigation. Would you please
update me as to the current status?
I hope it will help you if I enclose an unsigned letter I
received that seems to be about this issue. I would like to receive a letter
that was signed, and that actually addresses the issue instead of this copy that
could have been written by anyone. Will you investigate the torture device
called Circumstraint or not, and why?
Sincerely,
Gary Burlingame
cc: Governor Gary Locke
Senator Cantwell
Senator Murray
Rep. Larsen
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March 17, 2001
US Food & Drug Administration
22201 23rd Dr SE
Bothell, WA 98021
Dear FDA:
As you may know, in 1999 the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a new
position on circumcision stating that routine infant circumcision cannot be
justified on medical grounds and the academy does not recommend this practice.
(see: http://www.aap.org/advocacy/archives/marcircum.htm
)
In light of this new position by the AAP, and the fact that not one national
medical society in the world endorses routine infant circumcision, I would like
to inform you that the Olympic Medical Corporation, 5900 1st Ave S,
Seattle, WA 98108-3249 is manufacturing a device that is being used only to harm
infant boys. This device is called a Circumstraint and has no place in a society
that purports to protect children.
The Circumstraint torture device must be discontinued because it has no valid
medical reason.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Please investigate
this matter and inform me of the resolution.
Sincerely,
Gary Burlingame |
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