'Stop this now': After claiming autism 'epidemic' in US, Robert F. Kennedy Jr's new plan faces massive backlash

Robert F. Kennedy's 'autism registry' plan is facing massive backlash in the United States. National Institutes of Health is purportedly planning to launch a registry to measure Americans with autism amid a wider plan to collect patient data for autism research. This comes after RFK Jr's controversial remarks that “environmental” toxin or toxins have sent autism rates high in the US.