Protein, Praises and Woes. ~ by Gretchen Topel, Equine Nutritional System. Protein is absolutely necessary for the body to survive, but an overload of protein will break down the tissues, organs, and structure of the body over time.
The $1.5 trillion oil find in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil industry is quickly mobilizing to make the most of a new play in the Gulf of Mexico said to contain 15 billion barrels of oil, or more than $1.5 trillion worth based on current prices.
Over the course of 87 days, the damaged Macondo wellhead, located around 5,000 feet beneath the ocean's surface, leaked an estimated 3.19 million barrels (over 130 million gallons) of oil into the Gulf of Mexicoâmaking the spill the largest accidental ocean spill in history.