Air Pollution: Dementia
(asked on 20th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent analysis his Department has undertaken of scientific evidence linking air pollution to dementia, and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 7th September 2017
The Department secures advice on effects of air pollution on public health from Public Health England, and the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP).
Public Health England continues to keep the evidence under review. COMEAP has been commissioned to further consider the available evidence and will report in due course.