Do hot drinks increase the risk of throat cancer?

The throat cancer hot drinks connection might sound a little crazy, but it’s true. I saw a study that came out in 2009 (pretty legitimate, from the British Medical Journal) that found that drinking very hot beverages, more than 65 degrees Celsius or 149 degrees Fahrenheit, can raise the risk of throat cancer.

I’d guess that’s because hot liquid damages the cells in the throat and makes them more vulnerable to the genetic changes that lead to cancer. Still, I think for the throat cancer hot drinks risk to really affect you you’d have to drink things that are really scalding hot on a frequent basis.