You're applying your Hot shot pest control strip improperly.

I'm using year-old control strips and they're still killing everything in sight.

As a side note, someone didn't read the MSDS too carefully. Note the volatility - it's gone after a week. You can leave the strip in your flowering room THE ENTIRE TIME. After your week of drying before you cure, it has broken down and is GONE.

And while it can be absorbed by the skin and lungs, I've suffered no ill effect even though I'm surrounded by the strips in my office. I've had worse working at Sergeants on their flea medication Unifill machine.