Hot drinks may cause cancer, but coffee does not
World health Organisation’s cancer research agency sayscancer.ages consumed at more than 65C are probably linked to oesophageal cancer.
The World Health Organisation has cleared
coffee of causing cancer, but a detailed
investigation has found that very hot drinks
may be linked to cancer of the oesophagus, or gullet. Coffee was classified as a possible cause of cancer in 1991, but the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of WHO, has now reconsidered the evidence. It carried out a detailed review of the many studies published on the subject and found
that coffee drinkers have no reason to worry. IARC also investigated the herbal drink mate,also known as chimarrão or cimarrón, which is widely consumed in South America, where oesophageal cancer is more common than in other parts of the world.World health organization
The World Health Organisation has cleared
coffee of causing cancer, but a detailed
investigation has found that very hot drinks
may be linked to cancer of the oesophagus, or gullet. Coffee was classified as a possible cause of cancer in 1991, but the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of WHO, has now reconsidered the evidence. It carried out a detailed review of the many studies published on the subject and found
that coffee drinkers have no reason to worry. IARC also investigated the herbal drink mate,also known as chimarrão or cimarrón, which is widely consumed in South America, where oesophageal cancer is more common than in other parts of the world.World health organization