After raising a furore over the presence of pesticides in soft drinks, the Centre for Science and Environment has come now out with a report alleging laxity in fixing pesticides safety standards for other food articles also. The report said that the calculations conducted by the Centre had revealed pesticides residues in food articles exceeding the safety limits by 100 to 6,000 per cent in different cases. This was mainly because the regulation on pesticide residues in the country was not based on the concept of acceptable daily intake (ADI), the most rational method.