 In December 2006, Tween Brands Inc., a retailer of girls' clothing and accessories in the United States, was fined $109,800 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for "allegedly distributing canned confetti string damaging to the ozone".EPA said that the product marketed under various names by the retailer damages the stratospheric ozone layer.The production and use of chemicals harmful to that layer is controlled by U.S. federal law.