Abstract:Effective prevention of eco-environmental risks is an important part of environmental management. Through the method of literature research, the development history and the framework of ecological risk assessment in the United States were reviewed. From three aspects of heavy metal pollutants, organic pollutants, natural disasters and social development activities, the ecological risk assessment methods, results characterization and application of a results were commented. Based on the progress of ecological risk assessment, proposals were put forward to strengthen the accumulation of ecological toxicity data and database construction in China, establish a full-process eco-environmental risk prevention system, improve the comparability of ecological risk assessment results, and strengthen the analysis of uncertainties, etc., which provide technical support for long-term ecological risk management.