Wild Turkey and Misplaced Risk
* (Asterisk up front) I like whiskey. This is not a rant against booze, it is a rant against misplaced risk and consumer deception. I saw this tonight in the Twitterverse and it just about blew me away. There is a potential that this is a POE or April Fool's Prank. There is no comparison between the risk associated with biotech-plant-derived ingredients and the alcohol in beverages. Bad marketing angle to get people critically evaluating the risks of what they are consuming when you sell a known carcinogen. Bourbon is made from fermenting corn, rye and barley, so I guess some genetically engineered corn could make its way into the mix. But over the last twenty years there is not one case of GE corn being a health risk-- and no clear way that it could be and not be realized pretty quickly. We're talking a perfect safety record. On the other hand, Wild Turkey proudly touts plenty of ethanol. Ethanol is the alcohol that deliciously underlies the psychoa