Superfund Research Program

Yan Zheng

Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
405 Comer
Palisades, New York 10964
Phone: 845-365-8305
Email: yzheng@ldeo.columbia.edu

Projects

• Columbia University: Community Engagement Core (2012-2021)

Research Briefs

• 242 - Assessing and Reducing Health Risks from Arsenic in Private Well Water

Publications

2024

• Sun J, Sun Y, Prommer H, Bostick BC, Liu Q, Ma M, Li Z, Liu S, Siade AJ, Li C, Han S, Zheng Y. 2024. Sustaining irrigation supplies through immobilization of groundwater arsenic in situ. Environ Sci Technol 58(28):12653-12663. doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c03225 PMID:38916402

2023

• Shen Y, Wiita E, Nghiem AA, Liu J, Haque E, Austin RN, Seng CY, Phan K, Zheng Y, Bostick BC. 2023. Zinc localization and speciation in rice grain under variable soil zinc deficiency. Plant Soil 102:doi:10.1007/s11104-023-06140-1

2022

• Barron A, Sun J, Passaretti S, Sbarbati C, Barbieri M, Colombani N, Jamieson J, Bostick BC, Zheng Y, Mastrocicco M, Petitta M, Prommer H. 2022. In situ arsenic immobilisation for coastal aquifers using stimulated iron cycling: Lab-based viability assessment. Appl Geochem 136:105155. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.105155 PMID:34955596 PMCID:PMC8699153

2021

• Sun Y, Sun J, Nghiem AA, Bostick BC, Ellis T, Han L, Li Z, Liu S, Han S, Zhang M, Xia Y, Zheng Y. 2021. Reduction of iron (hydr)oxide-bound arsenate: Evidence from high depth resolution sampling of a reducing aquifer in Yinchuan Plain, China. J Hazard Mater 406(14):124615. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124615 PMID:33310320 PMCID:PMC7937834

2020

• Flanagan SV, Procopio NA, Spayd SE, Gleason JA, Zheng Y. 2020. Improve private well testing outreach efficiency by targeting households based on proximity to a high arsenic well. Sci Total Environ 738:139689. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139689 PMID:32559486 PMCID:PMC7429275
• Yang Q, Flanagan SV, Chillrud SN, Ross JM, Zeng W, Culbertson CW, Spayd SE, Backer L, Smith AE, Zheng Y. 2020. Reduction in drinking water arsenic exposure and health risk through arsenic treatment among private well households in Maine and New Jersey, USA. Sci Total Environ 738:139683. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139683 PMID:32535281 PMCID:PMC7429269
• Zheng Y. 2020. Global solutions to a silent poison. Science 368:818-819. doi:10.1126/science.abb9746 PMID:32439775

2018

• Flanagan SV, Gleason JA, Spayd SE, Procopio NA, Rockafellow-Baldoni M, Braman S, Chillrud SN, Zheng Y. 2018. Health protective behavior following required arsenic testing under the New Jersey Private Well Testing Act. Int J Hyg Environ Health 221(6):929-940. doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.05.008 PMID:29884571 PMCID:PMC6219474

2017

• Aziz Z, Bostick BC, Zheng Y, Huq R, Rahman M, Ahmed KM, van Geen AF. 2017. Evidence of decoupling between arsenic and phosphate in shallow groundwater of Bangladesh and potential implications. Appl Geochem 77:167-177. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.03.001 PMID:28239232 PMCID:PMC5321624
• Zheng Y. 2017. Lessons learned from arsenic mitigation among private well households. Curr Environ Health Rep 4:373-382. doi:10.1007/s40572-017-0157-9 PMID:28741248 PMCID:PMC5970274
• Zheng Y, Flanagan SV. 2017. The case for universal screening of private well water quality in the US and testing requirements to achieve it: evidence from arsenic. Environ Health Perspect 125:6. doi:10.1289/ehp629 PMID:28893720

2016

• Flanagan SV, Spayd SE, Procopio NA, Chillrud SN, Braman S, Zheng Y. 2016. Arsenic in private well water part 1 of 3: Impact of the New Jersey Private Well Testing Act on household testing and mitigation behavior. Sci Total Environ 562:999-1009. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.196 PMID:27118151 PMCID:PMC5204457
• Flanagan SV, Spayd SE, Procopio NA, Chillrud SN, Ross JM, Braman S, Zheng Y. 2016. Arsenic in private well water part 2 of 3: Who benefits the most from traditional testing promotion?. Sci Total Environ 562:1010-1018. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.199 PMID:27142115 PMCID:PMC5191845
• Flanagan SV, Spayd SE, Procopio NA, Marvinney RG, Smith AE, Chillrud SN, Braman S, Zheng Y. 2016. Arsenic in private well water part 3 of 3: Socioeconomic vulnerability to exposure in Maine and New Jersey. Sci Total Environ 562:1019-1030. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.217 PMID:27118035 PMCID:PMC5204458
• Mihajlov I, Stute M, Schlosser P, Mailloux BJ, Zheng Y, Choudhury I, Ahmed KM, van Geen AF. 2016. Recharge of low-arsenic aquifers tapped by community wells in Araihazar, Bangladesh, inferred from environmental isotopes. Water Resour Res 52(5):3324-3349. doi:10.1002/2015WR018224 PMID:28966406 PMCID:PMC5617127

2015

• Flanagan SV, Marvinney RG, Johnston RA, Yang Q, Zheng Y. 2015. Dissemination of well water arsenic results to homeowners in Central Maine: influences on mitigation behavior and continued risks for exposure. Sci Total Environ 505:1282-1290. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.079 PMID:24726512 PMCID:PMC4192113
• Flanagan SV, Marvinney RG, Zheng Y. 2015. Influences on domestic well water testing behavior in a Central Maine area with frequent groundwater arsenic occurrence. Sci Total Environ 505:1274-1281. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.017 PMID:24875279 PMCID:PMC4245378
• O'Shea B, Stransky M, Leitheiser S, Brock P, Marvinney RG, Zheng Y. 2015. Heterogeneous arsenic enrichment in meta-sedimentary rocks in central Maine, United States. Sci Total Environ 505:1308-1319. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.032 PMID:24861530 PMCID:PMC4241390
• Yang Q, Culbertson CW, Nielsen MG, Schalk CW, Johnson CD, Marvinney RG, Stute M, Zheng Y. 2015. Flow and sorption controls of groundwater arsenic in individual boreholes from bedrock aquifers in central Maine, USA. Sci Total Environ 505:1291-1307. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.089 PMID:24842411 PMCID:PMC4233206
• Zheng Y, Ayotte JD. 2015. At the crossroads: Hazard assessment and reduction of health risks from arsenic in private well waters of the northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada. Sci Total Environ 505:1237-1247. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.089 PMID:25466685 PMCID:PMC4386837

2014

• Yang Q, Smitherman P, Hess CT, Culbertson CW, Marvinney RG, Smith AE, Zheng Y. 2014. Uranium and radon in private bedrock well water in Maine: Geospatial analysis at two scales. Environ Sci Technol 48:4298-4306. doi:10.1021/es405020k PMID:24655434 PMCID:PMC3993615

2013

• Mailloux BJ, Trembath-Reichert E, Cheung J, Watson M, Stute M, Freyer GA, Ferguson AS, Ahmed KM, Alam M, Buchholz BA, Thomas J, Layton AC, Zheng Y, Bostick BC, van Geen AF. 2013. Advection of surface-derived organic carbon fuels microbial reduction in Bangladesh groundwater. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110(14):5331-5335. doi:10.1073/pnas.1213141110 PMID:23487743 PMCID:PMC3619377

2012

• George CM, Zheng Y, Graziano JH, Bin Rasul S, Hossain Z, Mey JL, van Geen AF. 2012. Evaluation of an arsenic test kit for rapid well screening in Bangladesh. Environ Sci Technol 46(20):11213-11219. doi:10.1021/es300253p PMID:22866936 PMCID:PMC3653972

2011

• Radloff KA, Zheng Y, Michael H, Stute M, Bostick BC, Mihajlov I, Huq MR, Choudhury A, Rahman MW, Schlosser P, Ahmed KM, van Geen AF. 2011. Arsenic migration to deep groundwater in Bangladesh influenced by adsorption and water demand. Nat Geosci 4:793-798. doi:10.1038/ngeo1283 PMID:22308168 PMCID:PMC3269239

2010

• Garnier JM, Travassac F, Lenoble V, Rose J, Zheng Y, Hossain M, Chowdhury S, Biswas A, Ahmed KM, Cheng Z, van Geen AF. 2010. Temporal variations in arsenic uptake by rice plants in Bangladesh: The role of iron plaque in paddy fields irrigated with groundwater. Sci Total Environ 408(19):4185-4193. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.05.019 PMID:20576285 PMCID:PMC2908012

2009

• Datta S, Mailloux BJ, Jung H, Hoque MA, Stute M, Ahmed KM, Zheng Y. 2009. Redox trapping of arsenic during groundwater discharge in sediments from the Meghna riverbank in Bangladesh. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106(40):16930-16935. doi:10.1073/pnas.0908168106 PMID:19805180 PMCID:PMC2761342
• Jung H, Charette MA, Zheng Y. 2009. Field, laboratory, and modeling study of reactive transport of groundwater arsenic in a coastal aquifer. Environ Sci Technol 43(14):5333-8. doi:10.1021/es900080q PMID:19708362 PMCID:PMC2746402
• Radloff KA, Zheng Y, Stute M, Ahmed KM, Schlosser P, van Geen AF. 2009. Effect of groundwater flow on dissolved As in a Bangladesh aquifer. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 73:A1067-A1067.
• Yang Q, Jung H, Culbertson CW, Marvinney RG, Loiselle MC, Locke DB, Cheek H, Thibodeau H, Zheng Y. 2009. Spatial pattern of groundwater arsenic occurrence and association with bedrock geology in greater Augusta, Maine. Environ Sci Technol 43(8):2714-9. doi:10.1021/es803141m PMID:19475939 PMCID:PMC2694612

2008

• Aziz Z, van Geen AF, Stute M, Versteeg RJ, Horneman AH, Zheng Y, Goodbred SL, Steckler MS, Weinman B, Gavrieli I, Hoque MA, Shamsudduha M, Ahmed KM. 2008. Impact of local recharge on arsenic concentrations in shallow aquifers inferred from the electromagnetic conductivity of soils in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Water Resour Res 44(7):doi:10.1029/2007WR006000
• Dhar RK, Zheng Y, Stute M, van Geen AF, Cheng Z, Shamsudduha M, Hoque MA, Rahman MW, Ahmed KM, Shanewaz M. 2008. Temporal variability of groundwater chemistry in shallow and deep aquifers of Araihazar, Bangladesh. J Contam Hydrol 99(1-4):97-111. doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.03.007 PMID:18467001 PMCID:PMC2605690
• Horneman AH, Stute M, Schlosser P, Smethie WM, Santella RM, Ho DT, Mailloux BJ, Gorman E, Zheng Y, van Geen AF. 2008. Degradation rates of CFC-11, CFC-12 and CFC-113 in anoxic shallow aquifers of Araihazar, Bangladesh. J Contam Hydrol 97(1-2):27-41. doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.12.001 PMID:18262680
• Radloff KA, Manning AR, Mailloux BJ, Zheng Y, Rahman MM, Huq MR, Ahmed KM, Stute M, van Geen AF. 2008. Considerations for conducting incubations to study the mechanisms of As release in reducing groundwater aquifers. Appl Geochem 23(11):3224-3235. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.07.009 PMID:19884962 PMCID:PMC2614277
• van Geen AF, Zheng Y, Goodbred SL, Horneman AH, Aziz Z, Cheng Z, Stute M, Mailloux BJ, Weinman B, Hoque MA, Seddique AA, Ahmed A. 2008. Flushing history as a hydrogeological control on the regional distribution of arsenic in shallow groundwater of the Bengal Basin. Environ Sci Technol 42(7):2283-2288. PMID:18504954 PMCID:PMC3050603
• Weinman B, Goodbred SL, Zheng Y, Aziz Z, Singhvi A, Nagar YC, Sleekier M, van Geen AF. 2008. Contributions of floodplain stratigraphy and evolution to the spatial patterns of groundwater arsenic in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Geological Society of America Bulletin 120(11-12):1567-1580. doi:10.1130/B26209.1

2007

• He Y, Zheng Y, Locke DC. 2007. Cathodic stripping voltammetric analysis of arsenic species in environmental water samples. Microchemical Journal 85:265.
• Stute M, Zheng Y, Schlosser P, Horneman AH, Dhar RK, Datta S, Hoque MA, Seddique V, Shamsudduha M, Ahmed A, van Geen AF. 2007. Hydrological control of arsenic concentrations in Bangladesh aquifers. Water Resour Res 43:1029.

2006

• van Geen AF, Zheng Y, Cheng Z, He Y, Dhar RK, Garnier JM, Rose J, Seddique AA, Hoque MA, Ahmed KM. 2006. Impact of irrigating rice paddies with groundwater containing arsenic in Bangladesh. Sci Total Environ 367(2-3):769-777. PMID:16730050