Diagnosis of environmental aspects in the provincial historical archives of Granma

Abstract

The permanence of the documents of a file is guaranteed thanks to the different processes that are applied to maintain their conservation through time, with the use of methods that promote the destruction of harmful agents that cause the deterioration. It is sometimes unknown that some of the activities belonging to the own filing activities may cause damage to the environment, an example of this, is the use of chemical products to eliminate the plagues that affect the collections. The objective of this research was to determine significant environmental aspects in Provincial Historical File from Granma. To fulfill this goal were selected the areas and the activities related to the environment revealing those that generate emissions, pouring, residuals, noise, consumptions, etc. identifying the impacts through the relation cause-effect with the development of matrixes. Also risky situations for the worker´s health related to the handling, storage and exposition to chemical products were identified. It is stood out the importance of these elements for the establishment of the Management Environmental System where it is showed the control of the security data of the chemical products used by the organization and the caution measures to be adopted in its handling, storage and general management. It is made emphasis, also, in the environmental education in the file as the favorable frame to contribute to the improvement of the environmental conditions towards a better conservation of the documentary patrimony and the workers´ health.