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Commitments and Contingencies (Details 1) (USD $)
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3 Months Ended |
12 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2015
Claimant
Claim
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Dec. 31, 2014
Claimant
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| Respirator Mask/Asbestos Litigation |
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| Loss contingencies |
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| Insurance receivables |
$ 41,000,000 |
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| Total number of named claimants |
2,150 |
2,200 |
| Number of total claims settled and taken to trial |
9 |
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| Number of total claims tried to verdict |
8 |
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| Number of total claims settled and tried to verdict |
7 |
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| Number of total claims dismissed |
1 |
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| Increase in insurance liabilities |
14,000,000 |
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| Payments for fees and settlements related to litigation |
10,000,000 |
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| Respirator Mask/Asbestos Litigation - State of West Virginia |
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| Loss contingencies |
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| Amount of liability recorded for unspecified worker's compensation and healthcare benefits |
0 |
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| Number of additional defendants |
2 |
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| Respirator Mask/Asbestos litigation - Excluding Aearo Technologies |
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| Loss contingencies |
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| Accrued loss contingency reserve |
144,000,000 |
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| Respirator Mask/Asbestos Litigation - Aearo Technologies |
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| Loss contingencies |
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| Accrued loss contingency reserve |
23,000,000 |
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| Quarterly fee paid to Cabot to retain responsibility and liability for products manufactured before July 11, 1995 |
100,000 |
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| Number of underlying claims concerning whether they were Cabot's responsibility |
258 |
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| Outstanding issues remaining |
2 |
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| Environmental Matters - Remediation |
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| Loss contingencies |
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| Accrued loss contingency reserve |
27,000,000 |
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| Insurance receivables |
11,000,000 |
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| Number of years remediation payments expected to be paid for applicable sites |
20 years |
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| Environmental Matters - Regulatory Activities |
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| Loss contingencies |
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| Number of PFCs the EPA has proposed to have public water suppliers monitor |
6 |
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| Amount of PFOA in drinking water allowed per provisional health advisories in grams per liter |
0.0000004 |
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| Amount of PFOS in drinking water allowed per provisional health advisories in grams per liter |
0.0000002 |
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| Number of years after phase-out decision in May 2000 that the Company stopped manufacturing and using vast majority of perfluorooctanyl compounds |
2 years |
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| Environmental Matters - Regulatory Activities | Alabama |
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| Loss contingencies |
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| Wastewater treatment plant sludge containing PFCs surrounding Decatur facility pursuant to a permit |
20 years |
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| Environmental Matters - Litigation | Morgan County, Alabama |
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| Loss contingencies |
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| Total number of named claimants |
3 |
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| Environmental Matters - Litigation | Metropolitan Council, Minnesota |
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| Loss contingencies |
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| Number of wastewater treatment plants from which PFC-containing sludge and biosolids may allegedly be discharged by Metropolitan Council, low end of range |
1 |
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| Environmental Matters - Other Environmental Litigation |
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| Loss contingencies |
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| Accrued loss contingency reserve |
41,000,000 |
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| Insurance receivables |
$ 15,000,000 |
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| Number of former disposal sites with PFC present in soil and groundwater in Washington County, Minnesota |
2 |
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| Environmental Matters - Other Environmental Litigation | Maximum |
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| Loss contingencies |
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| Number of years remediation payments expected to be paid for applicable sites |
4 years |
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