In an industry paper, archivist Eileen Blankenbaker of the National Archives describes storing dangerous items including live ammunition, DDT sprayers, canisters containing the poison gas Zyklon B, and a blood-stained book from a soldier in the Sudan. The latter required exhaustive research on which blood-borne pathogens could survive to infect the archive's staff.
據美國國家檔案館的檔案學家艾琳·布蘭肯貝克描述，工業檔案中含有許多危險物品，比如實彈、DDT噴灑器、裝有環酮B毒氣的容器，或者一本來自蘇丹士兵血跡斑斑的書。後者則需要人們對通過血液傳播的病原體進行詳盡的研究，因為它們可能存活下來感染檔案工作者。
One of the top health threats in an archive, though, comes from an unexpected source: mice. Aside from building nests with the chewed-up remains of priceless documents or photos, mice can carry hantavirus, which they leave behind in their droppings. Breathing in hantavirus can result in Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome.
此外，檔案面臨的又一大安全威脅是來自一個意想不到的來源：老鼠。它們不僅撕咬無價的文件與相片並將咬下來的材料築窩，更可能會攜帶漢坦病毒（hantavirus）。這種病毒會留存在老鼠的糞便中，而吸入這種病毒會引起漢坦病毒肺症候群。