Report: No Link Between Brain Cancer and Pratt & Whitney

An 11-year, $12 million study has found that there is no correlation between brain cancer and working at Pratt & Whitney, although the study did find a slightly higher incidence of tumors and cancer among workers at Pratt & Whitney's North Haven Plant.

Over the past 11 years, researchers have searched for a link between brain cancer and workers at Pratt & Whitney after workers pushed for the study in the early 2000s after they said there seemed to be many incidents of brain cancer, according to The Record Journal. While there was a slightly higher incidence of workers who got brain cancer at Pratt & Whitney's North Haven plant, further evidence found no association with estimated workplace exposures, according to The Journal.

"We are pleased that employees have answers to their questions and there is no correlation between cancer and the workplace," Pratt & Whitney spokesman Ray Hernandez told The Record Journal.

Overall, researchers looked at the medical records of almost 250,000 workers over a 53-year period, according to The Record Journal. The study was paid for by Pratt & Whitney, although was overseen by the Connecticut Department of Public Health, according to The Journal.