Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies (Detail) - Site Contingency (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Site Contingency	$ 116	$ 116
Eastman Business Park Rochester NY [Member]
Site Contingency	50	49
Other Operating Sites [Member]
Site Contingency	9	9
Sites Associated With Other Operations [Member]
Site Contingency	16	17
Sites Associated With Non-Imaging Health Business [Member]
Site Contingency	$ 41	$ 41

Estimated undiscounted amount of the accrual for the environmental loss contingencies at an individual site as of the balance sheet date.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 410

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 7

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6393242&loc=d3e13207-110859

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher AICPA

-Name Statement of Position (SOP)

-Number 96-1

-Paragraph 132, 161, 163

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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