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Figure 3. Serum PFOS concentration of infants exposed to PFOS via placental transfer [median 2017/2018 female NHANES serum concentration × placental transfer factor (3.3 ng/mL × 0.39)] and from infant formula contaminated with PFOS (8.9 ng/L) or from drinking formula contaminated with PFOS (8.9 ng/L) reconstituted with water contaminated with PFOS at the US EPA MCL (4 ng/L). PFOS: Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid; MCL: maximum contaminant level; MDH: Minnesota Department of Health; MI: mean fluid intake rate; US EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency; 95th%: 95th percentile fluid intake rate; NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.