Georgia students urge Oreo maker, others to protect Okefenokee Swamp

The stark white of an Oreo cookie’s filling comes from titanium dioxide, a valuable mineral found in deposits along Trail Ridge, just east of the Okefenokee Swamp. That unlikely cookie-swamp connection prompted a consortium of Georgia students to pressure Oreo manufacturer Mondelez, the Chicago-based multinational maker of candies, beverages and snacks, to pledge to never […]

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