New Delhi, April 6 -- Non-stick cookware has been linked to toxic "forever chemicals" that do not break down in the human body. Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Group and former president of FICCI, has raised concerns over the potential health risks posed by even a simple scratch on non-stick cookware.

"You would never knowingly serve plastic to your family. And yet, a simple scratch on a non-stick pan may be doing exactly that - releasing thousands, even millions, of invisible particles into the food we cook every day," she said in a post on X.

Highlighting the immediacy of the issue, Reddy added, "This isn't a distant environmental issue. It's in our kitchens. In our daily lives."

These particles may contain...