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Loss Contingency, Number Of Additional Defendants

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Amount awarded to other party in judgment or settlement of litigation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of plaintiffs that have filed claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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LITIGATION (Details) $ in Millions				1 Months Ended
LITIGATION (Details) $ in Millions	May 20, 2021 defendant plaintiff	Apr. 15, 2021 plaintiff	May 31, 2019 plaintiff	May 31, 2019 USD ($) plaintiff defendant	Apr. 30, 2016 case
Ravon Owens v. American Cyanamid, et al., Cesar Sifuentes v. American Cyanamid, et al., and Glenn Burton, Jr. v. American Cyanamid, et al.
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of cases consolidated \| case					3
Number of plaintiffs		3		3
Amount awarded per plaintiff \| $				$ 2.0
Amount awarded to plaintiffs \| $				$ 6.0
Number of additional defendants \| defendant				2
Number of plaintiffs			1
Owens, Sifuentes and Burton Case
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of additional defendants \| defendant	3
Number of plaintiffs	150