2 critically ill in San Francisco after drinking toxic tea
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.
Each person grew weak then had life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms that required resuscitation and intensive care.