HC Deb 17 June 1988 vol 135 cc366-7W
Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what further research he will be undertaking about the possible link between aluminium in drinking water and Alzheimer's disease; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Currie

I am aware that it has been suggested that aluminium in drinking water is one of the possible causes of Alzheimer's disease. For information about research on Alzheimer's disease I refer my hon. Friend to the reply by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Department of Education and Science, to my hon. Friend the Member for Hornchurch (Mr. Squire) on 29 April at column342.