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== Complaints and investigation ==
In 2003 there were several complaints to the [https://cpsbc.ca/ College of Physicians & Surgeons of British Columbia ] about Pollock Clinics' advertisements. The base for the complaints was that these advertisements present a very one-sided view of circumcision, referring to [[Edgar J. Schoen]]'s website while failing to mention the position of the governing specialty college, the [https://www.cps.ca/ Canadian Paediatric Society], which recommends that circumcision of newborns should not be routinely performed. <ref name="cps1996">{{REFjournal |last=Whitesides |first=Eugene W. |author-link= |etal=no |title=Neonatal circumcision revisited |trans-title= |language= |journal=CMAJ |location= |date=1996 |volume=154 |issue=6 |pages=769-80 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1487803/ |quote=Circumcision of newborns should not be routinely performed. |pubmedID=8634956 |pubmedCID=1487803 |DOI= |accessdate=2020-03-17}}</ref> The complaints also stated that Pollock's website states that "circumcision is regarded as one of the safest routine operations in practice today." No reference is given for this statement, which is by no means universally accepted. The complaint indicated that Pollock Clinics appeared to be in breach of the Rules under the Medical Practitioners Act, specifically Rule 98, which stipulates that doctors "must not exaggerate, be false, inaccurate, misleading or be reasonably capable of being misinterpreted."<ref>{{REFweb
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