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The American circumcision industry appears to have totally ignored Grimes' concerns.
Boczko & Freed (1979) collected cases of penile cancer in circucised men and by so doing, disproved the false belief propagated since 1932 by [[Abraham L. Wolbarst]] that circumcision was protective against penile cancer.<ref name="boczko1979">{{REFjournal
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It was at about this time that several small organizations that opposed non-therapeutic circumcision of boys started to appear. One such organization was the Remain Intact Organization of Larchwood, Iowa, which was lead by Rev. Russell Zangger.
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[[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], {{RN}}, while a nursing student at [https://www.mymarinhealth.org/locations/medical-center/ Marin General Hospital], witnessed an unanesthetized circumcision of a newborn boy. Shocked by the [[pain]] and horror of it, she became an opponent of infant circumcision and was forced to resign from her position at Marin General Hospital. She started immediately created the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers ([[NOCIRC]]) in 1985.
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