Re: Steaming Hot Tea Linked to Cancer

April 21, 2009

There have been arguments about this going back several

centuries. Bantu beer is a significant cause. Other considerations

can be found at:

I do think it prudent to avoid hot tea.

At 09:37 PM 4/20/2009, you wrote:

>HTML clipboard Steaming Hot Tea Linked to Cancer

>Drinking steaming hot tea has been linked with an increased risk of

>esophageal (food tube) cancer. A study found that drinking black tea

>at temperatures of 70 degrees Celsius or higher, increased the risk.

>

>This could explain the increased esophageal cancer risk in some

>non-Western populations. Adding milk, as most tea drinkers in Western

>countries do, cools the drink enough to eliminate the risk.

>

>Compared with drinking warm or lukewarm tea, drinking hot tea (65 to 69

>degrees Celsius) was associated with twice the risk of esophageal

>cancer, and drinking very hot tea (70 degrees Celsius or more) was

>associated with an eight-fold increased risk.

>

>Esophagus cancers kill more than 500,000 people worldwide each year.

>Sources:

>BBC News March 27, 2009

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