Still, he welcomed the news that coffee would no longer be deemed a possible carcinogen. Brawley said the cancer risk posed by drinking hot beverages was similar to that posed by eating pickled vegetables. LONDON — The World Health Organization‘s research arm has downgraded its classification of coffee as a possible carcinogen, declaring there isn’t enough proof to show a link to cancer. “The best evidence available suggests that coffee does not raise the cancer risk,” he said. Related“I’m not really sure why coffee was in a higher category in the first place,” said Owen Yang, an epidemiologist at Oxford University who has previously studied the possible link between coffee and cancer.

Source: National Post June 15, 2016 13:18 UTC