Human: Why was Tween Brands Inc. fined $109,800 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency? Assistant: 
Tween Brands Inc. 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.