“Micro-Nanoplastics from Pearl Farming Gear Threaten French Polynesian Pearl Farming”

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38116932

Pearl farming in French Polynesia may be at risk due to micro-nanoplastics from weathered pearl farming gear, which can affect oyster physiology and pearl quality, even at low concentrations, causing changes in energy metabolism and gene expression, and altering pearl biomineralization.