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LITIGATION (Details) |  |  | 9 Months Ended
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May 07, 2024 plaintiff | May 20, 2021 defendant plaintiff | Sep. 30, 2025 case plaintiff
Owens, Sifuentes and Burton Case |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Loss contingency, number of plaintiffs, remaining | 3 |  |
Number of additional defendants | defendant |  | 3 |
Number of plaintiffs |  | 150 |
Ernest Gibson v. American Cyanamid, et al. and Deziree and Detareion Valoe v. American Cyanamid, et. al. |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of cases consolidated | case |  |  | 2
Arrieona Beal v. Hattie and Jerry Mitchell, et al. |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of cases consolidated | case |  |  | 1
Number of plaintiffs |  |  | 4

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