SAN FRANCISCO — Two people are critically sick in San Francisco after drinking tea from the same Chinatown herbalist. The tea leaves bought at Sun Wing Wo Trading Company contained the plant-based toxin Aconite, the Department of Public Health said Friday. A man in his 50s last month and a woman in her 30s this month became critically ill within an hour of drinking the tea, and both remain hospitalized, health officials said. ADVERTISEMENTEach person grew weak then had life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms that required resuscitation and intensive care. Health officials are working to find the original source of the tea leaves, and they are warning others to stop consuming it.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 11, 2017 06:33 UTC