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Discontinued Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017 | Mar. 31, 2016
Results of discontinued FMC ACD operations: |  |  |
Total discontinued operations of FMC Health and Nutrition, net of income taxes, before divestiture related costs and adjustments |  | $ (168.8) | $ 22.7
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent |  | (168.7) | 22.7
Restructuring and other charges (income) | [1] | 8.3 | 9.5
Pension curtailment charge |  | 3.9 |
Adjustment for workers’ compensation, product liability, and other postretirement benefits |  | 1.3 | 0.9
Provision for environmental liabilities |  | 1.0 | 1.2
Provision for legal reserves and expenses |  | 1.9 | 1.6
Adjustment for workers’ compensation, product liability, other postretirement benefits and other, net of income tax benefit (expense) of $1.3 and $0.9 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively (1) |  |  |
Results of discontinued FMC ACD operations: |  |  |
Total discontinued operations of FMC Health and Nutrition, net of income taxes, before divestiture related costs and adjustments | [2] | (0.4) | (0.4)
Provision for environmental liabilities, net of recoveries, net of income tax benefit of $1.7 and $4.1 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and $1.7 and $6.3 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively |  |  |
Results of discontinued FMC ACD operations: |  |  |
Total discontinued operations of FMC Health and Nutrition, net of income taxes, before divestiture related costs and adjustments | [3] | (2.8) | (3.0)
Provision for legal reserves and expenses, net of recoveries, net of income tax benefit (expense) of $1.9 and $1.6 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively |  |  |
Results of discontinued FMC ACD operations: |  |  |
Total discontinued operations of FMC Health and Nutrition, net of income taxes, before divestiture related costs and adjustments |  | (3.5) | (2.7)
FMC Health and Nutrition |  |  |
Results of discontinued FMC ACD operations: |  |  |
Total discontinued operations of FMC Health and Nutrition, net of income taxes, before divestiture related costs and adjustments |  | (162.1) | 28.8
Allocated interest expense |  | 5.0 | 5.0
Restructuring and other charges (income) |  | 1.8 | 2.9
Pension curtailment charge |  | 3.9 | 0.0
Income tax benefit (expense) |  | 5.1 | (10.5)
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale | FMC Health and Nutrition |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Impairment Charge on Assets Held-For-Sale |  | 185.0 |
Results of discontinued FMC ACD operations: |  |  |
Revenue |  | 176.7 | 192.4
Costs of sales and services |  | 111.4 | 127.0
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes | [4] | 35.5 | 39.3
Provision for income taxes (2) | [5] | 26.7 | 10.5
Total discontinued operations of FMC Health and Nutrition, net of income taxes, before divestiture related costs and adjustments |  | 8.8 | 28.8
Divestiture related costs of discontinued operations of FMC Health and Nutrition, net of income taxes |  | (6.2) | 0.0
Impairment charge on assets held for sale, net of tax |  | (164.7) | 0.0
Total discontinued operations of FMC Health and Nutrition, net of income taxes, before divestiture related costs and adjustments |  | (162.1) | 28.8
Less: Discontinued operations of FMC Health and Nutrition attributable to noncontrolling interests |  | (0.1) | 0.0
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent |  | $ (162.0) | $ 28.8
[1] | See Note 8 of the condensed consolidated financial statements included within this Form 10-Q for details of restructuring and other (charges) income. Below provides the detail the (charges) income by segment: Three Months Ended March 31(in Millions)2017 2016FMC Agricultural Solutions$(4.5) $(6.7)FMC Lithium— (0.6)Corporate(3.8) (2.2)Restructuring and other (charges) income$(8.3) $(9.5)
[2] | See a roll forward of our restructuring reserves in Note 8.
[3] | See a roll forward of our environmental reserves, as well as, discussion on significant environmental issues that occurred during the 2017 in Note 11.
[4] | For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, amounts include $5.0 million and $5.0 million of allocated interest expense, $1.8 million and $2.9 million of restructuring and other charges (income), and $3.9 million and $0.0 million of a pension curtailment charge, respectively. See Note 14 for more information of the pension curtailment charge. Interest was allocated in accordance with relevant discontinued operations accounting guidance.
[5] | Includes the accrual for income taxes of $17.8 million associated with unremitted earnings of foreign H&N subsidiaries held for sale. Refer to Note 15 for more information.

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