Story highlights Two people became "critically ill" after drinking tea purchased at Sun Wing Wo Trading Company in San FranciscoA lab found aconite, a plant-based toxin, in the patients and in tea samples(CNN) A woman died after consuming poisonous herbal tea purchased in San Francisco's Chinatown, public health officials there announced Monday. They're urging people to throw away tea purchased from Sun Wing Wo Trading Company. Shortly after drinking the tea, she experienced "weakness and life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms," which required resuscitation and immediate medical attention. The public health department announced that he recovered and was released from the hospital on March 12. San Francisco health officials did not identify the people who became ill.Read More

Source: CNN March 21, 2017 21:19 UTC