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> Wood, steel and concrete posts on offer:
vineyards spoiled for choice
> Aussie ban renews toxic timber row
> Millions Of Tanalised Wooden Posts In NZ Vineyards May Pose Environmental Risk
> Marlborough District Council Report on Arsenic Leaching from treated Vineyard Posts
> Australia's Top Grapegrowers are Switching to Steel Posts
> US Bans CCA-Treated Timber
> Additional references on 'Arsenic leaching from wooden posts' issue

Additional references on 'Arsenic Leaching from wooden posts' issue:

Arsenic leaching from vine posts - Wine Industry News 11/6/04, www.greekwinemakers.com

References on Arsenic Treated Wood - www.paliposts.com

Arsenic in the New Zealand environment - SuperSoil 2040, 3rd Australian New Zealand Soils Conference, www.regional.org.au

Results of an initial survey of the leaching from treated posts in vineyards in the Marlborough region (196kb pdf) - B Robinson, M Greven, S Sivakumaran, S Green, B Clothier May 2004, A Report to the Marlborough District Council.

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