I picked up a new frying pan today and it has this note:
Caution: For safety, please keep pet birds out of the kitchen. Birds respiratory systems are sensitive to many kinds of household fumes, including the fumes from extremely overheated nonstick pans.
I'm guessing this is like the canary in the coal mine -- are we just slowly killing ourselves with our everyday nonstick pans?
I have never used non-stick fry pans, only stainless steel or cast iron. Return it.