Anthony Culmone has had a rough year, by any measure.

He was diagnosed with cancer in March 2017. And the 64-year-old chief of the Bogota Fire Department has since endured two surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation — all necessary to halt the disease’s insidious progression.

Does Culmone, who is also an Englewood fire inspector, think long-term exposure to dangerous fumes and toxic materials during his 38-year firefighting career led to the illness?

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The bill was first proposed by Sen. Robert Menendez in 2016, and it was unanimously approved by the Senate in May and the House of Representatives in late June. President Donald Trump is expected to sign it into law sometime this summer.

“You have our back,” Menendez said Tuesday at an Englewood news conference marking the bill’s passage. “And we want to have your back at this critical time.”

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