You assume that radioactivity is the only danger emanating from Uranium in the water. I was merely pointing out that it is not the only thing to be worried about. Elements can be poisonous without being radioactive.
Was that a little more constructive?
Quit reading their words in your internal voice. You're the one attributing emotion to a statement with no emotionally-charged words.
We even had that story here on HN and yet nobody seems to have learned from it.