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Very hot tea can cause throat cancer

People from Western Kenya drink the hottest tea anywhere in the world.

Throat cancer cases are rising in Western Kenya, a situation pegged on excessive intake of illicit brew, smoking and using firewood to cook, according to medical experts.

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