Autism: Air Pollution
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of whether air quality is a contributing factor to autism.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s Clinical Knowledge Summary on autism states that the precise cause of autism is unknown, but that genetic factors play a substantial role in the aetiology, and a number of environmental factors are also thought to play a part in development. Further information is available at the following link:
https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/autism-in-adults/background-information/causes-risk-factors/
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