Drinking very hot tea and coffee can triple your risk of cancer, Oxford study finds
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- The Independent·17h agoDrinking very hot tea and coffee can triple your risk of cancer, Oxford study finds
The new study said the temperature at which coffee and tea is drunk in Western populations is around 60C
Read at The Independent → - Independent Health·17h agoDrinking very hot tea and coffee can triple your risk of cancer, Oxford study finds
The new study said the temperature at which coffee and tea is drunk in Western populations is around 60C
Read at Independent Health → - Daily Mail News·1d agoDo you drink your coffee 'extra hot'? It could be putting you at risk of deadly oesophageal cancer, major study finds
University of Oxford scientists found people who drink their cuppa at very high temperatures are three times more likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma than those who drink them 'warm'.
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