Piping hot drinks may lead to cancer of the esophagus
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 10:40
in Health & Medicine
Drinking piping hot coffee, tea and the caffeine-infused beverage yerba mate probably causes cancer, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday. Beverages surpassing 149 degrees Fahrenheit (65 degrees Celsius) may increase the risk of tumors in the esophagus, which resides in the chest area below the throat, according to USC’s Mariana Stern and 22 other scientists […]