§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has about research undertaken at Southampton university implying a correlation between the incidence of Alzheimer's disease and aluminium in drinking water; and what conclusions he has drawn from it.
§ Mrs. CurrieWe are aware that a report on this study by the Medical Research Council's environmental epidemiology unit at Southampton has now been prepared for publication. We have asked the expert Committee on the Medical Aspects of the Contamination of Air, Soil and Water to advise on the conclusions which should be drawn from the results.