Teens Turning Green Want Abercrombie & Fitch to Stop Spraying Fragrance
Posted on September 28, 2010
Teenagers from Teens Turning Green want Abercrombie & Fitch Co. stop spraying its fragrance, called Fierce, inside and outside its stores. The demands follow a report by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics that claims Abercrombie's Fierce fragrance contains "11 secret chemicals that are not listed on the label."
The report says eight of these chemicals can "trigger allergic reactions such as headaches, wheezing, asthma and contact dermatitis; and high levels of a hormone-disrupting chemical that may harm male reproductive health."
Emily Packer, co-president of Teens Turning Green, said, "Teens don't want to be in or around stores that are polluted with chemicals that can make people sick."
The teens and many other groups, including Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, MomsRising, American Fertility Association, Physicians for Social Responsibility, AllergyKids and the State Nurses Associations of Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York sent a letter to A&F CEO Mike Jeffries raising concerns about the health effects of the company's practice of frequently spraying its stores, clothing and spaces outside its stores with fragrance.
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics report claims many fragrances from other leading manufacturers also contain dangerous chemicals.
Even if fragrances are perfectly safe spraying them all around a store can be a big turnoff for shoppers. The fragrance smell can also waft into the mall corridors and prevent people from ever wanting to enter the store. Most people that like a fragrance prefer a subtle smell. They don't want to be bombarded with it.