[Dallas59]

Everything causes cancer.

[Radl]

Probably even steaming hot water.

[GSP.FAN]

Yes if we listen to the so called scientist

[CaptainK]

Just so long as steaming coffee is still safe.

[GovernmentShrinker]

There was a study a few years ago that found a strong link between drinking black tea and esophageal cancer. It didn’t note any temperature connection, though it makes some basic chemical sense that warm or hot tea would have a greater effect than cold. That study also found that adding milk eliminated the cancer effect, but IIRC correctly did not attribute the difference to temperature. In my experience, most people who drink tea without milk just wait a little longer for it to cool down. Also, adding milk to green tea neutralizes most of the anti-cancer effect of green tea, so I tend to think the milk effect found with hot black tea is related to a chemical reaction with the cancer-causing substance, and not just a cooling down of the tea.

[mass55th]

"Everything causes cancer."

Maybe they've been getting their tea from China.

[mysterio]

Everything causes cancer.

Had an interesting talk with my boss the other day, during which I was complaining that I was beginning to notice that injuries were starting to heal slower now that I am in my 30s. He responded that a reduction in healing ability was a protective measure against cancer. So the next time your knee is killing you, be thankful that it isn't cancer. lol

My boss is a PhD biochemist, so I trust his assessment of my aching knee and (hopefully) lack of cancer.