davidtywoniuk

My father, Leslie John Tywoniuk, 94 years old and a war veteran, has just moved to an assisted living retirement home. Upon entry, on my first visit, there was a very strong fragrance in the lobby. One older gentleman was sitting there in his wheelchair and looked very out of it, most likely affected by […]

On a recent vacation in Mexico, we enjoyed an indescribable experience of a lifetime:  Swimming with the dolphins.   They were friendly and playful, and seemed to enjoy contact with humans.  We swam with them, played with them and were lifted high into the air by their noses. The restrictions for swimming with the dolphins were […]

Sunday brunch with family and friends is usually an enjoyable experience.  The biggest stress is to find a table that looks safe, away from scented people.  I can usually pick out people who smell like toxic chemicals, just by the vanity products they use, such as hair products. May 26th started out well, and when […]

Last spring I was discussing  problems involving scented products with a friend who is a farmer outside of Edmonton.  He is well known in the area for his purebred cows.  He mentioned that his wife likes to use a lot of scented products including laundry detergent and fabric softener sheets.  When his cows are calving, […]

When you are out mowing the grass or doing yard work and you start to feel tired or sick, do you really think it is an allergic reaction to the nature around you?  Think again.  It happens to me all the time, but I know I am reacting to the toxic chemicals coming out of […]

Some dogs are very smart, and others, not so much.  Why is that?  Could it possibly be the scented dog shampoo that their loving owners use regularly? Like us humans, animals can react to toxic chemicals, feel stoned, confused, weak, disoriented.  But the poor dogs can’t verbalize this.  So they roll on the ground in […]

Have you ever wondered why a newborn baby cries when certain people hold it, but not when others do?  “Do you want to hold the baby?” Then it starts fussing and crying.  Could it be that the baby does not like the smell of toxic perfumes, detergents and fabric softeners?  The poor baby is being […]

Well, we survived the Holiday Season once again.   Fragrance Free People dread the idea of going to the shopping malls due to the smell of all the perfume products for sale.  But even worse is after Christmas, when perfume and cologne bombs slather themselves with the products they received for gifts.  January is the hardest […]

My name is Judy and I am a living testimony for the use of fragrance free products. I have known David for over a year now and I had very many health issues. I had difficulties breathing, constant stomach pains, and very severe headaches. I use to miss work twice every week due to my […]

In talking with people, David is often asked if he thinks that his sensitivities were caused by exposure to chemicals in the automotive industry. Here’s what David remembers. “My first memorable experience of being affected by scented products occurred in my childhood. This story has become of topic of discussion at many family gatherings as […]