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自2025年1月特朗普连任以来，已有超过3300名勒琼营有毒饮用水受害者获得赔偿
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发布时间：2026年10月21日上午9:54 EDT
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特朗普政府即将向1953年至1987年间在北卡罗来纳州海军陆战队勒琼营接触有毒饮用水的美国退伍军人、家属和文职人员支付近10亿美元赔偿金。
对许多人来说，这笔赔偿终于为他们数十年的正义抗争画上了句号。
根据美国司法部的数据，自唐纳德·特朗普2025年1月开始第二任期以来，索赔人已获得超过9.197亿美元赔偿。政府已向根据2022年法案提出索赔的约3300人支付了款项。从该法案生效到2025年初特朗普连任前，仅支付了459笔和解金，总额达5960万美元。
根据病情不同，该项目下的赔偿金额从10万美元到55万美元不等。
2022年4月29日，北卡罗来纳州杰克逊维尔外的勒琼海军陆战队基地正门。（艾伦·G·布里德/美联社）
“今晚我很高兴地宣布，除了为退伍军人事务部拨款31亿美元并下令司法部尽快解决所有剩余合理索赔外，我的政府已向这些退伍军人及其家属支付了10亿美元现金和解金，”特朗普周二晚间在北卡罗来纳州的集会上表示。“我们不想把钱分给诉讼律师，我们希望所有款项都能直接给到家属手中。”
这些索赔依据的是2022年通过的《塞尔吉特·希思·罗宾逊兑现我们解决全面毒物问题承诺法案》，其中包含《勒琼营正义法案》。根据该法案，因基地饮用水患上癌症或其他疾病的受害者有权获得赔偿。
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特朗普政府于今年3月宣布将和解工作列为优先事项，并全力加快赔偿支付进度。
埃德·贝尔是南卡罗来纳州的一名律师，也是推动该法案通过的牵头人。他已有44年执业经验，其中一半时间都在为勒琼营受害者争取正义。他是本案的首席律师，帮助受害者获得应得的赔偿。
“很多人已经等待了太久，坦白说，我认为他们中的许多人都松了一口气，”贝尔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“很多人觉得，政府终于通过和解表达了‘我们深表歉意’，所以我认为这是非常积极的进展。”
贝尔估计最终将有大约30万份索赔获得赔偿，同时承认要完全弥补这一历史错误还有很长的路要走。
但他对特朗普政府中致力于实现正义的团队表示赞赏。
“我必须说，我对司法部目前的工作非常看好，”他说，并指出他与助理司法部长斯坦利·伍德沃德合作密切，称伍德沃德“正为和解工作全力以赴”。
加州社区出现罕见癌症病例，家属要求给出解释
北卡罗来纳州勒琼营的美国国旗。（弗雷德·玛丽/《我们身边的艺术》/盖蒂图片社科比斯供稿）
“[伍德沃德]非常出色，但你必须记住，这起案件和任何解决方案都涉及成百上千的细节，是一个繁琐的过程，”贝尔说。“我很高兴能与[司法部]合作，我认为我们最终会解决这个问题。我认为这也是司法部的意图。”
贝尔在2007年接手了他的第一起勒琼营饮用水污染案件，他解释称，每一笔和解金都基于受害者所受伤害的程度。因此，他解释说，被诊断为一期癌症的患者最终获得的赔偿将低于四期癌症患者。
“这是一个公平的制度，”贝尔说。
1953年至1987年间，该基地八个供水系统中有三个被污染。
2026年10月13日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在阿拉斯加州瓦西拉的柯蒂斯·D·梅纳德纪念体育中心发表竞选集会演讲。（肯特·西村/法新社通过盖蒂图片社供稿）
贝尔表示，即使在政府发现水质有毒后，也没有采取任何行动，任由士兵继续饮用这种危险的水。孕妇饮用了受污染的水，导致婴儿死亡。据贝尔称，此次污染被证实会引发四种不治之症。
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司法部和海军部于2023年启动了“选择性选项”和解项目。
该项目旨在作为诉讼的替代方案，为患有符合条件疾病的患者提供更快的赔偿。
彼得·达布罗斯卡是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者。
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2026-10-21 09:54:07 EDT / Fox News
More than 3,300 victims of Camp Lejeune’s toxic drinking water received payouts since Trump retook office in January 2025
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The Trump administration is closing in on $1 billion in payments to American veterans, families and civilian employees who were exposed to toxic drinking water at Marine Corps Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between 1953 and 1987.
For many, the payouts would finally rectify a decades-long battle for justice.
According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), claimants have received more than $919.7 million since President Donald Trump began his second term in office in January 2025. The administration has paid out about 3,300 people who made claims under the 2022 law. From that year to the beginning of 2025, before Trump retook office, only 459 settlements had been paid, totaling $59.6 million.
Payments under the program range from $100,000 to $550,000, depending on the illness.
The main gate to Camp Lejeune Marine Base is seen outside Jacksonville, N.C., on April 29, 2022.(Allen G. Breed/AP)
“Tonight I’m pleased to announce my administration has delivered $1 billion in cash settlements to these veterans and their families, in addition to 3.1 billion for the VA and ordering the DOJ to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible,” Trump said at a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday night. “We don’t want to give any to the trial lawyers, we want it all to go to the families.”
The claims are due to be paid out under a 2022 law, the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, which includes the Camp Lejeune Justice Act. Under the law, victims who developed cancer or other illnesses from the drinking water on the base are entitled to relief.
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The Trump administration in March announced that it was making settlements a priority, and made a concerted effort to accelerate the pace of the payouts.
Ed Bell is a South Carolina-based attorney who spearheaded the charge to pass the law. He’s been an attorney for 44 years, and for half of that time has been fighting for justice for the Camp Lejeune victims. He’s the lead counsel on the case, helping victims to get the payouts they’re owed.
“A lot of these people have been waiting a long time, and quite frankly, I think a lot of them are relieved,” Bell told Fox News Digital. “A lot of them feel like the government has finally said, ‘we’re sorry,’ by helping with the settlements, so I think it’s very positive.”
Bell estimates that about 300,000 claims will eventually be paid out, acknowledging that there’s a long way to go to completely remedy the wrong that was done.
But he was complimentary of the team of people in the Trump administration dedicated to justice.
“I have to say, I’m very bullish on what the Department of Justice has been doing,” he said, noting that he works closely with Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, who he says is “working his tail off” on the settlements.
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An American flag is pictured at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.(Fred Marie/Art In All Of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)
“[Woodward] is excellent, but you have to remember, this case and any resolution involves hundreds and hundreds of details, and it is a laborious process,” Bell said. “I am pleased to work with [the DOJ], and I think that eventually we’ll get this resolved. I think that’s the intent of the Department of Justice.”
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Bell, who took his first case on the Camp Lejeune drinking water contamination in 2007, explained that each settlement is based on the level of harm caused to the victim. So, he explained, someone diagnosed with stage one cancer would ultimately be paid out less than someone who had stage four cancer.
“It’s a fair system,” Bell said.
Between 1953 and 1987, three of the base’s eight water systems contained contaminated water.
President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center in Wasilla, Alaska, on Oct. 13, 2026.(Kent NISHIMURA/AFP via Getty Images)
Bell said that even after the government found out the water was toxic, it did nothing, allowing troops to continue drinking the hazardous mix. Pregnant women drank the water, leading to the death of their babies. The contamination was found to cause four incurable diseases, according to Bell.
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The Justice Department and the Department of the Navy launched the “Elective Option” settlement program in 2023.
That program is designed as an alternative to litigation and offers quicker payouts to people with qualifying illnesses.
Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.