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Is hot tea or warm tea bad for you? reading a lot about hot liquids causing throat cancer? how do you keep throat healthy
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Must be very hot: Those at risk engage in tough-person show-off practices where the beverage is so hot that it hurts seriously. Otherwise it is not a factor.
Answered 7/24/2015
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