Cancer incidence in Thyborøn-Harboøre, Denmark: a cohort study from an industrially contaminated site.

In a fishing community Thyborøn-Harboøre on the Danish West coast, a chemical factory polluted air, sea, and ground with > 100 xenobiotic compounds. We investigated cancer incidence in the community. A historical cohort was identified from the Central Population Register and followed for cancer incidence in the Danish Cancer Register including inhabitants from 1968-1970 at height of pollution, and newcomers in 1990-2006 after pollution control.