> The article title claims causality.
Maybe they edited the title since you saw it, but currently there's no claims of causation unless you think "can" and "will" are synonyms.
'can damage' means 'sometimes causal'.
If there's no causal link, they should say 'associated with' or 'correlated with'.
'can damage' means 'sometimes causal'.
If there's no causal link, they should say 'associated with' or 'correlated with'.